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WHen William Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
this
Kingdom
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I was,
And whate're
since
has
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true:
I can remember since he
                           went
                        
From London for to conquer Kent,
where
in
a
walking
Wood,
The Men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
aye confirmed to
them,
King Edward's Laws for
                           good,
                        
Likewise
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew,
hard by a
Forest side;
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
who next to him did
ride.
First Henry
I
and
Stephen knew,
Whom
no
Man there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
crown'd and dead;
I can remember well also,
The Second
Henry's
Royal
Show,
the Day
that
he was
                           wed,
                        
I likewise was at
Woodstock
bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
Flower,
Queen Elinor
did
so
spight;
I found
the Clew
of
Thread
again,
After that
worthy
Knight was
slain,
'twas
green,
blew,
red,
and
white.
I saw
                           King Richard in his shirt,
                        
Pull
out a furious
Lyon's
heart,
whereby his Strength was
try'd;
I saw King
                           John when as the
                        
Monk
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
drunk,
and
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the
                           Barons
                        
when they sent
For the
French
Dauphin,
with intent
to put Third Henry
down,
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout,
(Call'd,
Simon
Munford)
with
                           his Tent,
                        
[besiege?]
fair
London Town.
And
I have the First Edward seen,
Whose
Legs
I
still thought
to have
been
A yard
and
more in length;
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carnarven's Minion dear
And
saw the fall of
Mortimeer,
with all the
Barons
Wars;
I likewise
was
in Armor
sent
To
Burton
Battle
upon Trent,
where I
receiv'd
these
Scars.
Third
Edward,
and his
valiant
Son,
By whom
great
Feats
of
Arms
were done,
I
saw on
Cressy Plain,
Which
day,
                           when
                        
Bows
and
Arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
Stones
                           I
                        
ween,
were
many
French Men
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
in Smithfield,
which him
slew;
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle
                        
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
whose death
e're
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bullingbrook,
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took,
which
he became
full
well;
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury,
were
slain in
Battle
fe[ll].
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
Whose Death I have
bewail'd e're
since,
Henry the Fifth, I mean;
And I can give you
just
report,
How many French at
Agen Court,
were
in one
Battle
slain.
I saw the
                           White
                        
and Red-Rose
Knight,
And
Warwick
Great, in
                           Armour bright,
                        
in the
Sixth Henry's Reign;
And
present was that very hour,
When Henry was in
London Tower
By
Crook'd Back's
Richard slain.
I [?] the Goldsmith's
Shop
have
seen,
Fourth Edward's famous
                           Concubine,
                        
whose Name
was
Sweet
Jane
                           Shore,
                        
I
saw
when
Richards Cruelty
Did
put
her to
great Misery,
and I was
griev'd therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well armed
there with Spear
and
Shield,
meaning to try my force;
Where Richard
losing
Life
                           and Crown,
                        
Was naked
bourn to
                           Leicester
                        
Town,
upon a
Collier's
Horse.
To
the
Seventh
                           Henry then I was
                        
A
Servant
as it came to pass,
to serve him at his
                           need;
                        
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
Eight Henry's Reign,
full many
great Men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
Soldier
bold
with him,
O're
Neptune's curled
breast
did swim,
unto the
Realm
of
                           France;
                        
I
helpt
to Ransack
Bulloign Town,
And many places of Renown,
yet home I
came by chance.
I
knew
Sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose
                           Countenance was
                        
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was;
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
Pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And to
my comfort
I
have
seen,
Elizabeth
that Maiden Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
Sister;
Though
she
reign'd four and
forty
years,
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
their
Tears,
that they
too
soon
had
                           mist
                        
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North,
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth
to glad the People's
                           sight;
                        
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
Wound,
And made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound,
[Through Equity]
and
                           Right.
                        
He
was,
in troth,
a Prince of Peace,
And made
all
former Jars to cease,
'Twixt
English Men
and Scots;
The
English Men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots they
threw
up their
Bonnets,
for
joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born, in England nurst,
Was Pious
                           Princely
                        
Charles the First,
who had
to
Wife Queen
                           Mary;
                        
But by the Rage of
Rebels Heate,
Murther'd
and
Martyr's at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the Second,
that
had
spent
Many
                           long Years in Banishment,
                        
and 'scap'd with Life so nearly;
By Miracles
and
                           Means
                        
unknown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
Royal
Throne,
where he
did shine most
clearly.
I
saw
his
Royal
Brother James,
Who was
led on to such Extreams,
which made
the Nation weep;
I saw his Coronation-day,
And how he
                           did the Scepter sway,
                        
which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise
When he
did
Rule
and Tyranize
by
Arbitrary
Power:
And I was in the
Council-room,
When Peter's
he was
pleas'd
to doom
the Bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very Morn
When the
Pretender
he was born,
being
the Tenth of June,
In Sixteen Hundred
Eighty
                           Eight,
                        
But this Day prov'd
Unfortunate,
it put
                           all
                        
out of Tune.
I
                           saw King
                        
William cross the Seas,
To give the Land and Nation
Ease,
with a
                           most
                        
glorious
Fleet;
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
right
valiant
armed
                           Band,
                        
making
                           his
                        
Foes
retreat.
I have his Royal Consort seen,
Mary our most
                           Religious Queen,
                        
in all
                           her
                        
courtly
Train;
I saw
her
                           Royal Funeral,
                        
And how
the
showers
                           of
                        
Tears did fall,
while Subjects
did
                           complain.
                        
I see
the Duke of
Glouc'ster's
Birth,
The
                           Glory,
                        
Triumph, Joy and
Mirth,
which
was on
that
great Day:
I see
his Royal Mother's Tears,
When in the
Bossom
of his
                           Years,
                        
Death snatch'd him
hence
away.
I saw
King William
when he
dy'd,
Who was the Land and Nation's Guide
a Scourge to France and Spain:
I saw
Queen
Anne
come to the
                           throne,
                        
Whose
                           royal
                        
Favours
she made known;
during
her Glorious Reign.
I saw her
Commons,
Lords
and
Peers,
Who paid
a Tribute
                           of sad Tears,
                        
before her Royal
                           Tomb.
                        
I saw
King George
pass thro'
the
                           Town,
                        
For to possess the Royal
                           Crown,
                        
and Govern in
her
Room.
I saw
the
Prince when first he came;
I saw
likewise his Royal Dame,
whose charming Beauty
                           shine
                        
Like bright
Aurora
sweet and
gay,
That Chases all dim Clouds
                           away,
                        
the Joy of
                           Women-kind.
                        
I saw two Royal Infants
                           dear,
                        
And did their pretty Prattle
                           hear,
                        
the like scarce e'er was
                           known.
                        
I saw
King
George
when
he was crow<ned>
With
                           Men
                        
and Angels compas'd ro<und>
long may he Grace the
                           Throne.
                        

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The
Wand'ring JEW's
CHRONICLE.
Or,
A
Brief
History
of
the
Remarkable
Passages
from
WILLIAM the Conqueror,
to
this
present
Reign.
To the
Tune of,
The Wand'ring Jew's Chronicle.
When William, Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
This
Kingdom
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I was,
And whate're
since
has
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true.
I can remember since he
                           went
                        
From London for to conquer Kent:
Where
in
a
Walking
Wood,
The Men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
Aye confirm'd to
them,
King Edward's Laws for Good.
Likewise
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew,
Hard by a
Forest Side;
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist;
Who next to him did
ride.
First Henry,
aye,
and
Stephen knew,
Whom
no
Man there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
Crown'd, and Dead:
I can
                           remember well also
                        
The Second
Henry's
royal
Show;
The Day
that
he was Wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock
Bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
Flower,
Queen Eleanor
did
so
spight;
I found
the Clew
of
Thread
again,
After that
Worthy
Knight was
slain;
Twas
green,
blue,
red
and
white.
I saw King Richard in his Shirt,
Pull
out a furious
Lyon's
Heart,
Whereby his Strength was
try'd;
I saw King John, when as the
Monk
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
drunk,
And
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the
                           Barons
                        
when they sent
For the
French
Dauphin,
with Intent
To put Third Henry
down;
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout
(Call'd
Simon
Munford)
with
                           his Tent,
                        
Besiege
fair
London Town.
And
I have the First Edward seen,
Whose
Legs
I
still thought
to have
been
A Yard
and
more in Length;
With him
I
into Scotland went,
An back
again
incontinent,
Which
he subdu'd
by
Strength.
I knew
Carnarvon's Minion dear,
And
saw the Fall of
Mortimer,
With all the
Barons
Wars;
I likewise
was
in Armour
sent
To
Burton
Battle
upon Trent,
Where I
receiv'd
these
Scars.
Third
Edward,
and his
valiant
Son,
By whom
great
Feats
of
Arms
were done,
I
saw on
Cressy Plain;
Which
Day, when
Bows
and
Arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
stones I
ween,
Were
many
Frenchmen
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler, and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
in Smithfield,
which him
slew;
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle,
                        
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
whose Death
e'er
since I rue:
I
saw
when
Henry Bolingbrook
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took;
which
he became
full
well:
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
Lords
at
Salisbury,
were
slain in
Battle
fell.
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
Whose Death I have
bewail'd
                           e'er
                        
since,
Henry the Fifth, I mean:
And I can give you
just
Report,
How many French at
Agincourt,
were
in one
Battle
slain.
I saw the
                           White
                        
and Red-Rose
knight,
And
Warwick
Great, in
                           Armour bright,
                        
In the
Sixth Henry's Reign:
And
present was that very
                           Hour,
                        
When Henry was in
London Tower,
by
crook'd Back'd
Richard slain.
I in the
                           Goldsmith's
                        
Shop
have
seen,
Fourth Edward's famous Concubine;
whose Name
was
sweet
Jane Shore;
I
saw
when
Richard's Cruelty,
Did
put
her to
great Misery:
and I was
griev'd therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well armed
there with Spear
and
Shield
meaning to try my Force:
Where Richard
losing
Life and crown,
Was naked
borne to Leicester
Town,
upon a
Collier's
Horse.
To
the
Seventh
                           Henry then I was
                        
A
Servant,
as it came to pass;
to serve him at his Need:
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
Eighth Henry's Reign,
full many
great Men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
Soldier
bold
with him,
O'er
Neptune's curled
Breast
did swim
unto the
Realm
of France:
I
help'd
to Ransack
Bulloign Town,
And many Places of Renown,
yet home I
came by Chance.
I
knew
Sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose
                           Countenance was
                        
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was:
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
Pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And to
my Comfort
I
have
seen
Elizabeth,
that Maiden Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
Sister:
Though
she
reign'd four and
forty
Years,
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
their
Tears,
that they
too
soon
had miss'd
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North,
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth,
to glad the People's Sight:
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
Wound,
And made
Great-Britain
safe
and
sound,
through Equity
and
                           Right.
                        
He
was
in Troth
a Prince of Peace,
And made
all
former Jars to cease,
twixt
English Men,
and Scots:
The
English Men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots they
then
threw
up their
Bonets,
for
Joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born, in England nurst,
Was Prious Princely
CHARLES the First,
who had
to
Wife Queen
                           Mary;
                        
But by the Rage of
Rebels Hate,
Murther'd
and
martyr'd at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry.
King CHARLES
the Second,
that
had
spent
many long Years in Banishment:
and 'scap'd with life so nearly;
By Miracles
and
                           Means
                        
unknown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
Royal
Throne,
where he
did shine most
clearly.
I
saw
his
Royal
Brother James,
Who was
led on to such Extreams;
which made
the Nation weep:
I saw his Coronation-Day,
And how he
                           did the Scepter sway,
                        
which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise,
When he
did
Rule
and Tyrannize,
by
Arbitrary
Power:
And I was in the
Council-Room,
When Peters
he was
pleas'd
to doom
the Bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very Morn,
When the
Pretender
he was born,
being
the Tenth of June;
In Sixteen Hundred
Eighty Eight:
But this Day prov'd
unfortunate;
it put
                           all
                        
out of Tune.
I
                           saw King
                        
William cross the Seas,
To give the Land and Nation
Ease;
with a
                           most
                        
glorious
Fleet:
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
right
valiant
Armed Band:
making
                           his
                        
Foes
retreat.
I have his Royal Consort seen,
Mary, our most Religious Queen,
in all
                           her
                        
Courtly
Train:
I saw
her
                           Royal Funeral,
                        
And how
the
Showers of
Tears did fall,
while Subjects
did
                           complain.
                        
I
                           saw
                        
the Duke of
Glouc'ster's
Birth,
The
                           Glory,
                        
Triumph, Joy, and
Mirth,
that
was on
this
great Day:
I
                           saw
                        
his Royal Mother's Tears,
When in the
Blossom
of his
                           Years,
                        
Death snatch'd him
hence
away.
I saw
King William,
when he
dy'd,
Who was the Land
                           and Nation's Guide,
                        
a Scourge to France and Spain;
I saw
Queen
Anne
come to the Throne,
Whose Royal
Favours
she made known;
during
her glorious Reign:
I saw her
Commons,
Lords,
and
Peers,
Who paid
a Tribute
                           of sad Tears,
                        
before her Royal
                           Tomb.
                        
I saw
King George
pass thro'
the
                           Town,
                        
All to possess the Royal Crown,
and govern in
her
Room.
I saw King
                           George
                        
the
Second
                           come,
                        
With
                           loud
                        
Huzza's to Britain's Throne,
and glorious Caroline;
Like bright
Aurora,
sweet and
gay,
That chases all dim Clouds away,
the Joy of
                           Women-kind.
                        
I saw their numerous Progeny,
The Pledges of Prosperity,
for many Years to come:
I saw the
King
and Queen
when
crown'd,
With
                           Men
                        
and Angels compass'd round:
long may they Grace the Throne.
Printed for WILLIAM
and
CLUER
DICEY,
in
Bow-Church-Yard.

Witness bCmp_b_CTP

The
Wandring Jews
Chronicle;
OR,
The
Old
Historian,
His
Brief
a Declaration, Made in
Mad Fashion,
Of
each
Coronation,
That
pass'd
in the Nation,
Since
Williams
Invasion, For no great occasion, But meer Recreation,
To
put
off
Vexation.
Tune of,
Our Prince is welcome out of
                           Spain.
                        
WHen William Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
This
Kingdom
did
subdue:
Full fifteen
years of
age
I was,
And what e're
since
hath
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true.
I can remember since he
                           went
                        
From London for to Conquer Kent,
where
in
a
walking
Wood,
The men of Kent
Compassed
him,
And he for
aye
                           confirm'd to
                        
them,
[IS 'N' in 'AND' TURNED TYPE OR AN 'U'?]
King Edwards Laws for good.
Likewise,
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew,
hard by a
Forrest side:
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
who next to him did
ride.
First Henry
I,
and
Stephen knew,
Who
no
man there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
Crown'd and dead:
I can remember well also,
The second
Henry's
Royal
show,
that day
that
he was wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock-Bower,
And
saw
the
sweet
and famous
flower,
Queen Elinor
did
so
spight
I found
the Clew
of
Thread
again,
After that
worthy
Knight was
slain,
twas
green,
blew,
red,
and
white.
I saw King Richard in his Shirt,
Pull
out a furious
Lyons
heart,
whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd;
I saw King John, when as the
Monk
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
drunk,
And
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the Barrons
when they sent
For the
French
Doulphin,
with intent
to put third
                           Henry
                        
down:
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout,
(Call'd
Simon
Munford)
with his Tent
beseige
fair
London Town.
And
I have the first
                           Edward seen,
                        
Whose
legs
I
still thought
to have
had
been
a Yard
and
more in length:
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carnarven's Minion dear,
And
saw the fall of
Mortimeer,
with all the
Barrons
Wars:
And likely
was
to have been
sent,
To
Burton
Battel
upon Trent,
where I
receiv'd
these
scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
Son,
by whom
great
feats
of
arms
were don
I
saw on
Cressy Plain:
Which
day when
bows
&
arrows keen,
Grew
scant
with
mighty
stones I
wen
were
many
French men
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
in Smithfield
which him
slew:
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle,
                        
when
The second
Richard there
was slain,
whose death
e're
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bullingbrook
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took
which
he became
full
well:
I
saw
when Henry
Hotsur
he,
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury,
were
slain in
Battel
fell.
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
(whose death I have
bewail'd e're
since)
Henry the fifth I mean:
And I can give you
just
report,
How many French at
Agen-Court,
were
in one
battel
slain.
I saw the White,
& Red-Rose
Knight,
And
Warwick
great in Armour bright,
in the
sixth Henry's Reign:
And
present was that very hour,
When Henry was i[?n?]
London Tower,
by
Crook'd-back
[R]ic[h]ard slain.
I in the Gold-smith[?'s?]
Shop
have
seen,
Fourth Edwards famous Concubine,
whose name
was
[?Fa?]ir
Jane Shore:
I
saw
when
Richar[?d?] cruelly,
Did
put
her to
gr[?ea?]t misery,
and I was
grie[?ved?] therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth field,
Well armed
there with Spear
&
shield
meaning to try my
                           force:
                        
Where Richard
loosing
life and Crown
Was naked
bourn to
                           Leicester
                        
Town,
upon a
Colliars
Horse.
To
the
seventh Henry then I was
A
Servant,
as it came to pass,
to serve him at his
                           need;
                        
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
eighth Henry's Reign,
full many
great men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
Souldier
bold
with him,
O're
Neptunes curled
breast
did swim,
unto the
realm
of France:
I
helped
to ransack
Bulloign Town,
And many places of Renown,
Yet
                           home I
                        
came by chance.
I
knew
sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose countenance was
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was:
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And(to
my comfort)
I
have
seen,
Elizabeth
that Maiden-Queen,
Queen
Maries only
Sister:
Though
she
reigned
forty
years,
Her Subjects
shewed
by
their
tears,
that they
too
soon
did miss
her.
I saw King
Iames come
from the north
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth,
to glad the peoples sight:
He brought a
salve
to
cure
our
wound
And made
great Brittain
safe
&
sound
through equity
and right.
He
was
in troth
a Prince of Peace,
And made
all
former jars to cease
twixt
English-men
and Scots:
The
English-men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots they
threw
up their
Bonnets
for
joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born, in England Nurst,
Was Pious
                           Princely
                        
Charles the first,
who had
to
Wife Queen
                           Mary;
                        
But by the rage of
Rebels hate,
Murther'd
and
Martyr'd at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the second,
that
had
spent
Many long years in Banishment
and scap'd with life so nearly
By miracle
and means
unknown
Sits in
the
brightness of his
Throne
where he
doth shinemost
clearly.
Queen
Katherine
his
betrothed
Wife
The Lady
of his Love and Life,
is likewise
now come hither
And may their bodies now increase,
In love and children, joy and peace,
long
as they live together.
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Coronation,
That
pass'd
in this Nation,
Since
William's
Invasion, For no great Occasion, But meer
                           Recreation,
                        
To
put
off
Vexation.
To the
Tune of,
Our Prince is welcome out of
                           Spain.
                        
WHen William Duke
of Normandy
With all his
Normans
gallantly
this
Kingdome
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
years of
age
I was,
And what e're
since
hath
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true.
I can remember since he
                           went
                        
From London for to Conquer Kent.
where
with
a
walking
Wood,
The men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
aye
                           confirm'd to
                        
them
King Edwards Laws for good.
Likewise,
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew
hard by a
forrest side:
I well could
tell
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
who next to him did
ride.
First Henry
I,
and
Stephen knew,
Who
no
man here
but I did
view,
I saw
them
Crown'd and dead;
I can remember well also,
The second
Henry's
Royal
show,
that day
that
he was Wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock
Bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
flower,
Queen Elenor so
did
spight;
I found
the clew
of
thread
again,
After that
worthe
Knight was
slain,
twas
green,
blew,
red
and
white.
I saw King Richard in his shirt
Pull
out a furious
Lyons
heart,
whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd;
I saw King john, when as the
Monk,
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
drunk,
and
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the Barrons
when they sent
For the
French
Doulphin,
with intent
to put third
                           Henry
                        
down:
I saw the Earl of
Leiceister stout,
(Call'd
Simon
Munford)
with his Tent
beseige
fair
London Town.
And
I have the first Edward seen
Whose
Legs
I
still thought
to have
had
been
a yard
and
more in length:
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent
Which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carnarven's Minton dear,
And
saw the fall of
Mortimeer,
with all the
Barons
Wars.
And likely
was
to have been
sent,
At
Burton
Battel
upon Trent,
where I
receiv'd
these
scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
Son,
By whom
great
feats
of
arms
were done
I
saw on
Cressy Plain
Which
day,
                           when
                        
bows
and
arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
weighty
stones I
ween,
were
many
French-men
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler, and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
in Smith-field
which him
slew:
I was at
Pomfret Castle.
when
The second
Richard there
was slain,
whose death
e're
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bullingbrook,
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took,
which
he became
full
well:
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury
were
slain in
Battel
fell.
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
(Whose death I have
bewail'd e're
since)
Henry the fifth I mean:
And I can give you
just
report,
How many French at
Agencourt
were
in one
Battel
slain.
I saw the White,
and Red-Rose
fight
And
Warwick
great in Armour bright,
in the
sixth Henry's Reign:
And
present was that very hour,
When Henry was in
London Tower,
by
crook'd-back
Richard slain.
I in a Gold-smiths
shop
have
seen,
Fourth Edwards famous Concubine
whose name
was
fair
Jane Shore:
I
saw
when
Richards cruelty
Did
put
her to
great misery,
and I was
griev'd therefore
Also
I
was at
Bosworth field,
Well armed
there with spear
and
shield
meaning to try my
                           force:
                        
Where Richard
losing
Life
                           and Crown,
                        
Was naked
born to Leicester
Town,
upon a
Colliars
Horse.
To
the
seventh Henry then I was,
A
servant,
as it came to pass
to serve him at his need:
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
eighth Henry's reign,
full many
great men
                           bleed.
                        
I
as
a
Souldier
bold
with him
O're
Neptunes curled
breast
did swim
unto the
Realm
of France:
I
helpt
to ransack
Bulloign Town,
And many places of Renown,
yet home I
came by chance.
I
knew
first
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose countenance was
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was:
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And (to
my comfort)
I
have
seen;
Elizabeth
that Maiden-Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
Sister:
Though
she
raign'd four and
forty
years
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
their
tears,
that they
too
soon
had [...t]
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North
Like to a star
                           that
                        
Shineth
forth,
to glad the Peoples sight:
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
wounds,
And made
Great Brittain
safe
and
sound,
through equity
and right.
He
was
in troth
a Prince of peace,
And made
all
former jars to
                           cease,
                        
twixt
English-men
and Scots,
The
English-men sun
merry Sonnet[s]
The Scots
threw
up their
Bonnets
for
joy
of their
                           good lots.
                        
In Scotland born in England nurs[t]
Was Pious
                           Princely
                        
Charles the [?first?]
who had
to
Wife Queen Mary
But by the rage of
Rebels hate,
Murthered
and
Martyr'd at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the second,
that
had
spent
Many long years in Banishment,
and scap'd with life so nearly:
By Miracle
and means
unknown,
Sits in
the
brightness of his
Throne,
where he
doth shine most
clearly.
Queen
Katherine
his
betrothed
Wife,
The Lady
of his Love and Life,
is likewise
now come hither:
And may their bodies both encrease
In Love and Children, joy, and Peace,
long
as they live together.
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WANDERING JEW's
CHRONICLE.
Or,
A
Brief
HISTORY
of
the
Remarkable
Passages
from
William the Conqueror
to
this
present
Reign.
WHEN William, Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
This
kingdom
did
subdue,
Full fifteen
years of
age
I was,
And what
                           e'er
                        
since
has
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true.
I can remember since he went,
From London for to conquer Kent;
Where walking
in
a
Wood
The men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
ay confirm'd to
them
King Edward's laws for good.
Likewise
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the
                           arrow
                        
that
him slew
Hard by a
forest-side.
I well could
tell
you,
if I
list,
Or better tell you, If I
wist,
Who next to him did
ride.
First Henry,
ay,
and
Stephen too,
Whom
no
man there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
crown'd and dead.
I can remember well also,
The Second
Henry's
royal
show,
The day
that
he was wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock
bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
flower
Queen Eleanor
did
so
spite.
I found
that clew
of
thread
again,
After that
worthy
knight was
slain,
Twas blue, red,
green,
and
white.
I saw king Richard in his shirt,
Pull
out a furious
lion's
heart,
Whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd.
I saw king John, when as the
monk
Gave him the
poison which
he
drunk,
And
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
saw the barons
when they sent
For the
French
dauphin
with intent
To put Third Henry
by.
I saw the earl of
Leicester bent,
Call'd
Simon
Montford)
with his tent,
Besiege
fair
London-town.
And
I have the First Edward seen,
Whose
legs
I
think
to have
been
A yard
or
more in length.
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
Which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carnarvon's minion dear,
And
saw the fall of
Mortimer,
With all the
barons
wars.
I likewise
was
in armour
sent
To
Burton
battle
upon Trent,
Where I
receiv'd
these
scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
son,
By whom
great
feats
of
arms
were done,
I
saw on
Crosley-plain.
Which
day when
bows
and
arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
stones I
ween,
Were
many
Frenchmen
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler and
Jack Straw,
And I the
mayor of
London saw,
In Smithfield
with him
slew.
I was at
Pomfret-castle,
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
Whose death
e'er
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bolinbroke
The crown and
scepter
on him took,
When
he became
right
well.
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he
And many
lords
at
Salisbury,
Were
slain in
battle
fell.
I
saw that brave
victorious prince,
Whose death I
                           have
                        
bewail'd
                           e'er
                        
since,
Henry the Fifth I mean
And I can give you
good
report,
How many French at
Agincourt
Were
in one
battle
slain.
I saw
                           the white
                        
and red rose
knight,
And
Warwick
great in armour bright,
In the
Sixth Henry's reign.
And
present was that very hour,
When Henry was in
London-tower
By
Crook-back'd
Richard slain.
I in the goldsmith's
shop
have
seen
Fourth Edward's famous concubine,
Whose name
was
sweet
Jane Shore.
I
saw
when
Richard's cruelty
Did
put
her to
great misery,
And I was
griev'd therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth field,
Well armed
there with spear
and
shield,
Meaning to try my force.
Where Richard
losing
life and crown,
Was naked
borne to Leicester
town,
Upon
                           a
                        
collier's
horse.
To
the
Seventh
                           Henry then I was
                        
A
servant
as it came to pass,
To serve him at his need.
And while I did in court remain,
I saw in the
Eighth Henry's reign,
Full many
great men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
soldier
bold
with him,
O'er
Neptune's curled
breast
did swim,
Unto the
realms
of France.
I
help'd
to ransack
Bulloign-town,
And many places of renown,
Yet
                           home I
                        
came by chance.
I
knew
Sixth
Edward
of
a
child,
Whose countenance was
very
mild,
A
hopeful prince he
was.
I
knew
queen Mary in her
reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain,
And re-set up the Mass.
And to
my comfort
I
have
seen
Elizabeth,
that maiden queen,
Queen
Mary's only
sister.
Tho'
she
reign'd four-and-forty
years,
Her
                           subjects
                        
shew'd well
by
their
tears,
That they
too
soon
had miss'd
her.
I saw king
James come
from the North,
Like to a star
                           that
                        
shineth
forth,
To glad the people's sight.
He brought a
salve
to
cure
our
wound,
And made
Great-Britain
safe
and
sound,
Thro' equity
and right.
He
was
in troth
a prince of peace,
And made
all
former jars to cease
Twixt
Englishmen
and Scots.
The
Englishmen
sung
merry
                           sonnets,
                        
The Scots
                           did
                        
then
throw
up their
bonnets.
For
joys
of their
                           good lots.
                        
In Scotland born, in England nurst,
Was pious
                           princely
                        
Charles the First,
Who
                           had
                        
to
wife queen Mary.
But by the rage of
rebels hate,
Murder'd
and
martyr'd at's
own gate,
This good king did
miscarry.
King Charles
the
                           Second
                        
that
had
spent
Many long years in Banishment,
And scap'd with life so nearly,
By miracles
and means
unknown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
royal
throne,
Where
                           he
                        
did shine most
clearly.
I
saw
his
royal
Brother James,
Who was
led on by such extremes,
Which made
the nation weep.
I saw his coronation-day,
And how he did the scepter sway,
Which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
chancellor I saw
likewise,
When he
did
rule
and tyrannize.
By
arbitrary
power;
And I was in the
council-room
When Peters
he was
pleas'd
to doom
The bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very morn,
When the
Pretender
he was born,
Which was
the tenth of June,
In sixteen hundred
eighty eight.
But this day prov'd
unfortunate,
It
                           put all
                        
out of tune.
I see
William cross the seas,
To give the land and
                           nation
                        
ease,
With
                           a most
                        
glorious
fleet.
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
right
valiant
armed band,
Making his
foes
retreat.
I have his royal consort
                           seen,
                        
Mary, our most religious queen,
In all
                           her
                        
courtly
train.
I saw
her royal funeral,
And how
the
showers
                           of
                        
tears did fall,
While subjects
did
                           complain.
                        
I
                           saw
                        
the duke of
Gloucester's
birth,
The glory,
triumph, joy and
mirth,
That
was on
this
great day.
I
                           saw
                        
his royal mother's tears,
When in the
blossom
of his years
Death snatch'd him
hence
away:
I saw
King William
when he
dy'd,
Who was the land and nation's guide,
A scourge to France and Spain:
I saw
queen
Anne
come to the
                           throne,
                        
Whose
                           royal
                        
favours
she made
                           known,
                        
During
her glorious reign.
I saw her
commons,
lords
and
peers,
Who paid
a tribute of sad
                           tears,
                        
Before her royal tomb.
I saw
king George
pass thro'
the town,
All to possess the royal crown,
And
                           govern in
                        
her
room.
I saw king George
the
Second
                           come,
                        
With
                           loud
                        
huzza's to Britain's
                           throne,
                        
And glorious Caroline.
Like bright
Aurora
sweet and
gay,
That chases all dull cares away,
The joy of woman-kind.
I saw their numerous progeny,
The pledges of prosperity,
For many years to come.
I saw the
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and queen
when
crown'd,
With men
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Remarkable
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William the Conqueror,
to
this
present
Reign.
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The Wand'ring Jews Chronicle, &c.
WHEN William Duke
of Normandy
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
This
Kingdom
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I was,
And what
                           e'er
                        
since
has
come to
pass
I can Report
for
true.
i
can Remember since he went,
i can Remember since he went,
From London for to Conquer Kent.
Where
in
a
Walking
Wood,
The Men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
Aye confirm'd to
them
King EDWARDS Laws for good.
Likewise
I
WILLIAM RUFUS knew,
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew,
Hard by a
Forest side:
I well could
tell
you
if I
List,
Or better tell you if I
wist;
Who next to him did
Ride,
First HENRY,
ayes
and
STEPHEN knew,
Whom
no
Man there
but i did
view,
i saw
them
Crown'd and Dead:
i can Remember well also,
The Second
HENRY'S
Royal
show,
The Day
that
he was wed.
i likewise was at
Woodstock
Bower;
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
Flower,
Queen Elenor
did
so
spight,
i found
the Clew
of
thread
again,
After that
worthy
Knight was
slain.
twas
Green,
Blue,
red
and
white.
I saw King RICHARD in his Shirt,
[?F?]ull
out a furious
Lyon's
Heart,
Whereby his Strength was
tried,
I saw King JOHN when as the
Monk.
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
Drunk,
and
then forsooth
he
died,
I
mark'd the
                           Barons
                        
when they sent,
For the
FRENCH
Dauphin
with intent.
to put third HENRY
down;
i saw the Earl of
LEICESTER stout
(Call'd
SIMON
MUNFORD)
with
                           his Tent,
                        
besiege
fair
LONDON TOWN.
And
i have the first EDWARD seen,
Whose
Legs
i
still thought
to have
been
a Yard
and
more in Length;
With him
i
into SCOTLAND went;
And back
again
incontinent.
Which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
i knew
CARNARVON'S Minion Dear.
And
saw the Fall of
Mortimer,
With all the
Baron's
Wars;
i likewise
was
in Armour
sent,
To
Burton
Battle
upon TRENT,
Where i
Receiv'd
these
Scars,
Third
EDWARD
and his
Valliant
Son
By whom
great
Feats
of
of
Arms
were done
i
saw on
Cresly P!ain.
Which
Day when
Bows
and
arrows keen,
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
stones i
ween,
Were
many
FRENCHMEN
slain.
i knew WAT
TYLER, and
JACK STRAW,
And i th[?e?]
Mayor of
London saw,
in Sm[?ithf?]ield
which him
slew?
i was at
Pomfret
                           Castle,
                        
when,
The Second
RIGHARD there
was slain.
whose Death
e'er
since i rue.
i
saw
when
HENRY BOLINGBROOK,
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took;
which
he became
full
well:
I
saw
when HENRY
HOTSPUR
he,
And many
Lords
at
Salisbury
were
slain in
Battle
fell.
i
saw the brave
Victorious Prince,
Whose Death i have
bewail'd
                           e'er
                        
since.
HENRY the fifth i mean:
And i can give you
just
report,
How many French at
Agincourt,
were
in one
Battle
Slain.
i saw the white
and Red-Rose
Knight,
And
WARWICK
great, in Armour bright,
In the
sixth HENRY's Reign:
And
present was that very
                           Hour,
                        
When HENRY was in
London Tower,
By
Crook'd Back'd
Richard slain.
i in the Goldsmith's
Shop
have
seen
Fourth EDWARD's famous Concubine;
whose name
was
sweet
Jane Shore;
i
saw
when
Richards Cruelty,
Did
put
her to
great Misery:
and i was
griev'd therefore,
i
also
was at
Bosworth Field
Well armed
there with Spear
and
Shield,
meaning to try my Force,
Where Richard
loosing
Life and Crown
Was naked
bore to Leicester
town
Upon
                           a
                        
Collier's
Horse,
To
the
Seventh Henry then I was,
A
Servant,
as it came to pass,
to Serve him at his Need,
and while i did in court Remain.
I saw in the
eighth Henry's Reign
full many
great Men bleed,
i
was
a
Soldier
bold
with him,
O
r
Neptune's curled
Brest
did swim,
unto the
Relm
of France
i
help'd
to ransack
Bulloign Town
and many places of Renown,
Yet home i
came by Chance.
i
knew
sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose
                           Countenance was
                        
very
mild
a
hopefull Prince he
was,
i
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
Mickle
Pain,
and re-set up the Mass,
and to
my Comfort
i
have
seen,
Elizabeth
that Maiden Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
sister,
Though
she
Reign'd four and
forty
years,
Her
                           subjects
                        
shew'd Well
by
their
Tears,
that they
too
soon
had miss'd
her.
i saw King
James come
from the North,
Like to a Star that
sheneth
forth,
to glad the People's sight:
he brought a
slave
to
cure
our
wounds.
and made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound
through Equity
and Right,
He
was
in Troth
a Prince of Peace,
and made
all
former Jars to cease,
twixt
English Men
and Scots
The
English Men
sung
merry
                           sonnets,
                        
the Scots
then
threw
up their
bonnets,
for
Joy
of their
                           good lots.
                        
in Scotland born, in England Nurst
Was Pious Princly
Charles the first,
who had
to
Wife Queen Mary,
But by the Rage of
Rebels hate,
Murther'd
and
Martyr'd at
his Gate
this good King did
miscary,
King Charles
the second
that
had
spent
Many
                           long Years in Banishment,
                        
and scap'd with Life so
                           nearly;
                        
By Miracles
and means
unknown,
i saw
plac'n on
the
Royal
throne,
where he
did shine most
clearly,
i
saw
his
Royal
brother James
who was
led on by such extreams;
which
the Nation weep,
i saw his Coronation-Day,
and how he did the Scepter sway,
which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor i saw
likewise
when he
did
Rule
by Tyrannize
by
arbitrary
Power:
and i was in the
Counsel-Room,
when Peters
he was
pleas'd
to doom,
thee Bishops
to
the
tower.
i
present
was
that very Morn.
when the
Pretender
he was born,
being
the tenth of JUNE;
in sixteen hundred
Eighty
                           Eight,
                        
but this Day proved
Unfortunate:
it put
                           all
                        
out of tune
i saw King
William cross the seas,
to give the Land and Nation
ease,
with a
                           most
                        
Glorious
Fleet.
i saw him
Cross
to Ireland,
with a
right
Valliant
armed band:
making
                           his
                        
Foes
retreat,
i have his Royal consort seen
Mary our most
                           Religious Queen,
                        
in all
                           her
                        
Courtly
train.
i see
her royal Funeral,
and how
the
showers
                           of
                        
teers did fall,
while subjects
did
                           complain.
                        
i see
the Duke of
Glouc'ster's
birth
the Glory,
triump, Joy and
triump
that
was on
this
great Day,
I see
his royal Mother's tears
When in the
Blossom
of his
                           Years,
                        
Death snatch'd him
hence
away.
I see
King william
when he
died
who was the Land and Nations Guide
a scourge to France and Spain.
I see
Queen
Ann
come to the throne
whose royal
Favour
she made
                           known,
                        
during
her glorious reign,
i see her
Commons
lords
and
peer,
who paid
a tribute of sad
                           tears,
                        
before her Royal tomb:
i see
King George
pass thro'
the town,
all to possess the royal Crown
and Govern in
her
room.
i see King George
the
second come
with loud
huzza's to Britain's
                           throne,
                        
and Glorious Caroline,
Like bright
aurora
sweet and
Gay
that chases all dim clouds away,
the Joy of women kind
i see their numerous progeny
the Pledges of Posterity
for many Years to come
i see the
King
and Queen
when
Crown'd,
with Men
and angels compass'd round
long may they grace the throne.

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WANDERING JEW's
CHRONICLE.
Or
a
Brief
History
of
the
Remarkable
Passages
from
William the Conqueror,
to
this
present
King's
Reign.
WHEN William Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
This
kingdom
did
subdue.
Full f[?f?]fteen
years of
age
I was,
And what
                           e'er
                        
since
has
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true.
I
can remember since he went,
From London for to conquer Kent,
Where
in
a
walking
wood,
The men of Kent
encompass'd
him,
And he for
ay confirmed to
them,
King Edward's laws for good,
Likewise
I.
William Rufus knew,
And [s]aw
the
                           arrow
                        
that
him slew,
Hard by a
forest side,
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
Who next to him did
oride
First Henry,
ay
and
Stephen too,
Whom
no
man there
but I did
view,
I saw
him
crown'd and dead;
I can
                           remember well also
                        
The Second
Henry's
royal
Show,
The day
that
he was
                           wed,
                        
I likewise was at
Woodstock
bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
flower,
Queen Eleanor
did
so
spight,
I found
the clue
of
thread
again,
After that
worhy
knight was
slain,
Twas blue,
green,
red,
and
white
I saw
                           King Richard in his shirt,
                        
Pull
out a furious
lion's
heart.
Whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd,
I saw King John, when as the
Monk,
Gave him the
poison as
he
drank;
And
th[e]n forsooth
he
dy'd
I
saw the barons
when they sent,
For the
F ench
Dauphin,
with intent
To put Third Henry
by.
I saw the Earl of
Leicester bent,
Called
Simon
Montford)
with his tent
Besiege
fair
London Town.
[And]
Whose
legs
I
think
to have
[?been,?]
A yard
and
more in length.
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
Which
he subdued
by
strenght.
I knew
Carnarvonon's minion's dear, [TURNED TYPE IN
                           CARNARVONON?]
                        
And
saw the fall of
Mortimer.
With all the
Barons
wars.
I likewise
was
in arm[o]ur
sent,
To
Burton
battle
upon Trent,
Where I
received
these
scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
son,
By whom
great
feats
of
arms
were done;
I
saw on
Cross[l]ey plain. [L IN CROSSLEY IS BROKEN
OR
IT'S AN APOSTROPHE?]
Which
days
bows
and
arrows keen
Grew
scant
with
mighty
stones I
ween,
Were
many
Frenchmen
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw.
In Smithfield,
which him
slew.
I was at
Pomphret Castle,
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
Whose death
e'er
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Holingbroke,
The crown and
sceptre
on him took.
Which
he became
right
well.
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
Lord
at
Salisbury,
Where
slain in
battle
fell.
I
saw that brave
victorious Prince,
Whose death I
                           have
                        
bewailed e'er
since.
Henry the Fifth I mean.
And I can give you
good
report.
How many French at
Agincourt
Where
in one
battle
slain.
I saw
                           the white
                        
and red nose
knight,
And
Warwick
great in armour bright.
In the
sixth's Henry's reign.
And
present was that very hour.
When Henry was in
London Tower.
By
crook-back
Richard slain.
I in the goldsmith's
shop
have
seen.
Fourth Edward's famous concubine.
Whose name
sweet
Jane
                           Shore,
                        
I
saw
when
Richard's cruelty,
Did
put
her to
great misery,
And I was
grieved therefore,
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Wll armed
there with spear
and
shield,
Meaning to try my force.
Where Richard
losing
life and crown.
Was naked
[b]orn [...]eicester
town
Upon [?a?]
Collier's
horse,
To
the
Seventh Henry then I was,
A
servant
as it came to pass,
To serve him at his need;
And while I did in court remain,
I saw in the
Eighth Henry's reign,
Full many
great men bleed,
I
was
a
soldier
bold
with him,
O'er
Neptune's curled
breast
did swim,
Unto the
realm
of France,
I
helped
to ransack
Boulougne town,
And many places of reno[w]n,
Yet
                           home I
                        
came by chance,
I
knew
Sixth
Edward
a
child,
Whose countenance was
very
mild,
A
hopeful Prince he
was.
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain;
And re-set up the mass.
And to
my comfort
have
I
seen,
Elizabeth,
that maiden queen,
Queen
Mary's only
sister,
Tho'
she
reigned four and
forty
years,
Her
                           subjects
                        
shewed well
their
tears
That they
too
soon
had miss'd
her
I saw King
James came
from the North,
Like to a star
                           that
                        
shineth
forth.
To glad the people's sight.
He brought a
salve
to
cure
our
wound,
And made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound,
Thro' equity
and right.
He
was
in troth
a prince of peace,
And made
all
former jars to
                           cease,
                        
Twixt
Englishmen
and Scots.
The
Englishmen
sung
merry
                           sonnets,
                        
The Scots
                           did
                        
then
throw
up their
bonnets;
For
joy
of their good lots:
In Scotland born, in England nurst.
Was pious
                           princely
                        
Charles the Firss,
Who
                           had
                        
to
wife Queen Mary.
But by the rage of
rebel's hate,
Murdered
and
marty'd at
his gate.
This good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the
                           Second
                        
that
had
spent,
many long years in banishment.
And 'scap'd with life so nearly.
By miracles
and means
unknown,
I saw
placed on
the
royal
throne,
Where
                           he
                        
did shine most
clearly
saw
his
royal
brother James,
Led on by such extremes,
W[hich] mad[e]
the nation [weep.]
I saw his Coronation day,
And now he did the sceptre sway,
Which
long
he could not keep,
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise
When he
did
rule
and tyrannize,
By
an abitary
power.
And I was in the
council room,
When Poter
he was
pleased
to doom.
The Bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very morn
When the
Pretender
he was born,
Which was
the Tenth of June,
In sixteen hundred
and
eighty eight,
But this day proved
unfortunate
It
                           put all
                        
out of tune.
I
                           saw King
                        
William cross the seas.
To give the land and
                           nation
                        
easo,
With
                           a most
                        
glorious
fleet.
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
valiant
armed band
Making his
forces
retreat,
I have his royal consort
                           seen,
                        
Mary, our most religious Queen,
In all
                           her
                        
eourtly
train.
I saw
her royal funeral,
And
the
bitter
tears that fell,
Wh[?H?]e subject
did complain
I
                           saw
                        
the Duke of
Gloucester's
birth,
The glory
triumph, joy and
mirth,
That
was on
this
great day,
I
                           saw
                        
his royal mother's tears,
When in the
b!ossom
of his years,
Death snatch'd him
soon
away.
I saw
King William
w[?n?]en he
died
Who was the land and nation's guide,
A scourge to France and Spain.
I saw
Queen
Anne
come to the
                           throne,
                        
Whose
                           royal
                        
favour
she made
                           known,
                        
During
her glorious reign
I saw her
Commons,
Lotds
and
Peers,
Who paid
a tribute of sad
                           tears,
                        
Before her royal tomb,
I saw
King George
pass through
the town,
All to possess the Royal crown:
And
                           govern in
                        
her
room,
I saw King
                           George
                        
the
Second
                           come,
                        
With
                           loud
                        
huzza's to Britain's
                           throne,
                        
And glorious Caroline,
I saw
King
George the
Third ascend.
To Britain's throne the wars to end,
With France and Spain.
George the Fouth
w[...se]
decrees
Protects the good and never fails
to
please.
Just in himself he honours Englands thron[e]
Tho' blamed
for follies which are not his own
Long may
he live,
and every virtue prove,
And reign triumphant on his Subject's
                           love.
                        
I saw Queen Caroline oppressed with [fo]es on every side
Boldly she stems, base Calumny's soul [ti]de,
With conscious innoo[?ce?]nce,
surmounts
the storm
And reigns
In
every [h]eart to virtue warm,
The Chapter of KINGS.
The Romans in England they once did sway
And the Saxons they after them led the way
And they tugged with
Danes till an overthrow
They both of them got by the Norman bow,
CHORUS,
Yet barring all pother the one and the
                           other,
                        
Were all of them Kings in their turn
Little Willy the Conqueror long did reign,
But Billy his son by an arrow was slain
And Harry the First was a scholar so
                           bright,
                        
But Stephy was forced for his Crown to
                           figkt
                        
Second Harry Plantagenets name did [?b?]ear
And Coeur de Lion was his son and heir
But Magna Charta was gain'd from John,
Which Harry the
Third
put his seal upon,
There was Teddy the First like a lion so
                           bold
                        
But the Second by rebels was bought and
                           sold,
                        
And Teddy the Third was his subjects
                           pride,
                        
Though his grandson Dicky was popped aside
There was harry the Fourth a warlike wight
And Harry the Fifth like a Cock would
                           fight
                        
Though Henry his son like a chick did pout
When Teddy his cousin had kick'd him out.
Poor Teddy the Fifth he was killed in bed,
By butchering Dick who was
knock d
in the head
Then Harry the Seventh in fame grew
b g,
And Harry the Eight was
as
fat as a pig
With Harry [?t?]he Sixth we had tranquil days
Thoug[h] Mary make fire and faggot blaze
But good Queen Bess a glorious dame
And bonny King James from Scotland came.
Poor Charley the First was a Martyr made
But Charley his Son was a comical blade,
And James the Second when hotly spurr'd
Ran away do you see f[?r?]om Willy the Third.
Queen Anne was v[?i?]ctorious by land and sea
And Georgey the Firs[t] did with glory sway,
And as Georgy the Second has long been
                           dead
                        
Long life to
t[?u?]e
Geo[r]gy we have in his stead,
And may his S[o]ns sons to the end of the chapter
All come to be Kings in their turns
J. Pitts, Printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble
                           Warehouse, 6, Great St, Andrew Street, Seven Dials,
                        

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The
wandring Jews
Chronicle:
OR,
The
old
Historian
His
brief Declaration Made in
a
mad fashion
Of
each
Coronation
That
past
in this Nation
Since
Williams's
Invasion For no great occasion But meer Recreation
To
put
off
vexation.
To the
Tune of,
Our Prince is welcome out of
                           Spain.
                        
When William Duke
of Normandy
With all his
Normans
gallantly
this
kingdome
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
years of
I w[a]s,
And what ere
since
hath
come to
pass
I can report
for
true.
I
can remember since he w[en]t
From London for to conquer Kent,
where
with
a
walking
wood
The men of Kent
compassed
him
And he for
aye
                           confirm'd to
                        
them
King Edwards laws for good.
Likewise
I
William Rufus knew
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew
hard by a
Forrest side:
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
who next to him did
ride.
First Henry
I,
and
Stephen knew
When
no
man here
but I did
view;
I saw
them
crown'd and dead
I can
                           remember well also
                        
The second
Henries
royal
show
that day
that
he was wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock
bowre,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
flower
Queen Elenor so
did
spight.
I found
the [?claw?]
of
threed
again,
After that
worthy
Knight was
slain
twas
green,
blew,
red
and
white.
I saw King Richard in his s[h]irt
Pull
out a furious
Lions
heart
whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd,
I saw King
                           John when as the
                        
Munk
Gave him the
poyson which
he
drunk,
and
then forsooth
he
died.
I
markt the Barons
when they sent
For the
French Dolphin,
with intent
to put third
                           Henry
                        
down:
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout
(Call'd
Simon
Mounford)
with his tent
besiege
fair
London Town.
And
I have the first Edward seen
Whose
legs
I
still thought
to have
been
a yard
and
more in length:
With him
I
into Scotland went
And back
again
incontinent
which
hee subdued
by
strength.
I knew
Canarvans minion deer,
And
saw the fall of
Mortimeer,
with all the
Barons
wars:
And likely
was
to have been
shent
At
Burton
battel
upon Trent,
where I
receiv'd
these
skars.
Third
Edawrd
and his
valiant
son
By whom
such
feats
of
arms
were done
I
saw on
Cressey plain,
Which
day when
bows
and
arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
migh[t]y
stones I
ween
were
many
French-men
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler, and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw
in Smithfield
which him
slew,
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle
                        
when
The second
Richard there
was slain,
whose death
ere
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bullenbrook
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took
which
he became
full
well;
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury
were
slain in
battel
fell.
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince
(Whose death I have
bewail'd ere
since)
Henry the fifth I mean,
And I can give you
just
report
How many French at
Agencourt
were
in one
battel
slain.
I saw
                           the white
                        
and red rose
fight
And
Warwick
great in armour bright
in the
fifth Henries raign
And
present was that very hour
When Henry was in
London Tower
by
Crookt-backt
Richard slain.
I in a Gold-smith
Shop
have
seen
Fourth Edwards famous Concubine
whose name
was
fair
Jane Shore;
I
saw
when
Richards cruel[t]y
Did
put
her to
great misery,
and I was
griev'd therefore.
Also
I
was at
Bosworthfield
Well armed
there with spear
and
shield,
meaning to try my
                           force:
                        
Where Richard
losing
life and Crown
Was naked
born to Leicester
Town
upon a
Colliers
horse.
To
the
seventh Henry then I was
A
servant,
as it came to pass,
to serve him at his need:
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
eighth Henries raign
full many
great men
                           bleed.
                        
I
as
a
soldier
bold
with him
O're
Neptunes curled
breast
did swim
unto the
Realm
of
                           France;
                        
I
help'd
to ransack
Bulloin Town
And many places of renown,
yet home I
came by chance.
I
knew
sixth
Edward
of
a
childe
Whose countenance was
very
milde,
a
hopeful Prince hee
was.
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
raign
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And (to
my comfort)
I
have
seen
Elizabeth
that Maiden Queen,
Queen
Maries onely
Sister,
Though
she
raign'd four and
forty
years
Her Subjects
shewed well
by
their
tears
that they
too
soon
had
                           mist
                        
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North,
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth
to glad the peoples sight,
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
wound,
And made
great Britain
safe
and
sound
through equity
and right.
Hee
was
in truth
a Prince of peace
And made
all
former jars to cease
twixt
English men,
and Scots:
The
Englishmen
sung
merry
                           sonnets,
                        
The Scots
                           did
                        
throw
up their
blew
bonnets,
for
joy
of their
                           good lots.
                        
From him by lineal right did spring
This happy
Charles our Royal King
and now
to
make conclusion
I wish him and his
gracious Queen
And
Princely off-spring
may be seen
until earths dissolution.
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The
Wandring Jew of Jerusalem's
Chronicle:
Or,
A
Brief
History
of all the
Kings
and
Queens
of ENGLAND,
from
William the Conqueror,
to
His
Majesty King GEORGE the Second.
WHen William Duke
of Normandy,
With a[l]l his
Narmans
gallantly
this
Kingdom
did
su[b]due.
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I was,
And whate'er
since
his
come to
pass,
I can report
it
true
can remember since he went;
[r]om London for to conquer Kent,
Where
in
a
Walking
Wood.
[?T?]he Men of Kent
encompassed
him,
d he for
aye
                           confirm'd to
                        
them,
King Edwards Laws for good,
[?Li?]kewise
I
William Rufus knew
And say
the Arrow
that
him slew
hard by a
Forest side,
I well cou'd
tell
You
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
Whom next to him did
ride.
First Henry
I,
and
Stehpen kn[e]w,
Whom
no
M[a]n there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
Crown'd and dead.
I can
                           remember well also
                        
The second
Henry's
Royal
Show,
the Day
that
he was wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock
Bower,
And
I
saw
that
sweet
and famous
flower
Queen Elenor
did
so
spight.
I found
the Clew
of
Thread
again.
After that
worthy
Knight was
slain,
twas
green
blue,
red
and
white.
I saw King Richard in his Shirt,
Pull
out a furious
Lyon's
Heart,
Whereby his Strength was
try'd.
I saw King
                           John when as the
                        
Monk,
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
drunk,
and
thenforsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the
                           Barons
                        
when they sent[?,?]
For th[e]
French
Dauphin,
with intent,
to put third
                           Henry
                        
down.
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout,
Call'd
Simon
Munford
with
                           his Tent,
                        
Beseige
fair
London Town.
And
I have the first
                           Edward seen,
                        
Whose
Lges
I
still thought
to have
been,
a Yard
and
more in length.
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
Which
he subdu'd
by
Strength.
I knew
Carmarvan's Minion dear,
And
saw the Fall of
Mortimer,
With all the
Barons
Wars.
I likewise
was
in Armour
sent,
To
Burton
Battle
upon Trent.
where I
receiv'd
these
Scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
Son.
By whom
great
Feats
of
Arms
was done
I
saw on
Cressy Plain.
Which
Day when
Bows
and
Arrows keen
Grew
sant,
with
mighty
Stones
                           I
                        
ween,
Where
many
Frenchmen
slain
I knew Wat
Tylor and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
In Smithfield,
which he
slew.
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle
                        
when,
The Second
Richard he
was slain,
Whose Death
e'er
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bulinbrook,
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took,
Which
he became
full
well.
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury,
where
slain in
Ba[t]tle
fell.
I
saw the brave
victoriou[s] Prince,
Whose Death I have
bewail'd
                           e'er
                        
since
Henry the Fifth I mean
And I can give You
just
Report,
How many French at
Agen Court,
Were
in one
Battle
slain
I saw
                           the white
                        
and Red Rose
Knight
And
Warwick
Great in Armour bright,
In the
sixth Henry's Reign;
And
present was that very
                           Hour,
                        
When H[e]nry was in
London Tower,
By
Crook back'd
Richard slain.
I in the
                           Goldsmith's
                        
Shop
have
seen,
Fourth Edward's Famous Concubine,
Whose Name
was
sweet
Jane Shore.
I
saw
when
Richard's Cruelty,
Did
put
her to
great Misery,
And I was
griev'd therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well armed
there with Spear
and
Shield
Meaning to try my Force;
Where Richard
losing
Life
                           and Crown,
                        
Was naked
bourn to
                           Leicester
                        
Town,
Upon
                           a
                        
Collier's
Horse,
To
the
seventh Henry then I was,
A
Servant
as it came to pass,
To serve him at his Need;
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
Eight Henry's reign,
Fullmany
great Men bleed,
I
was
a
Soldier
bold
with him,
[?O'er?]
Neptune's curled
Breast
did swim,
unto the
Realm
of France.
I
help'd
to ransack
Bulloign Town,
And many Places of Renown,
Yet
                           home I
                        
came bechance.
I
knew
sixth
Edward
of
a
Child.
Whose
                           Countenance was
                        
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was;
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
Pain,
and reset up the Mass.
And to
my Comfort
I
have
seen,
Elizabeth
that Maiden Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
Sister;
Though
she
Reign'd four and
forty
Years
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
there
tears
That they
too
soon
had
                           mist
                        
her.
I saw King
James come
from the north,
Like [t]o a Star that
shineth
forth,
to glad the Peoples Sight.
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
Wound,
And made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound,
through Equty
and right
He
was
indeed
a Prince of Peace.
And made
al
former Jars to cease,
twixt
English Men
and Scots.
The
English Men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots they
threw
up their
Bonnets,
For
Joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born in England Nurst,
Was pious
                           princely
                        
Charles the First,
Who
                           had
                        
to
Wife Queen Mary,
But by the
Rebels Heat,
Murther'd
and
Martyr'd at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the
                           Second
                        
that
had
spent,
Many long Years in Bannishment,
and 'scap'd with Life so nearly,
By Miracles
and means
unknown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
Royal
Throne,
Where
                           he
                        
did shine most
clearly.
I
saw
his
Royal
Brother James,
Who was
led on to such Extreams,
Which made
the Nation Weep.
I saw his Coronation Day,
And how he did the Sceptre sway,
Which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise,
When he
did
Rule
and Tyrannize,
by
Arbitary
Power;
And I was in the
Council Room,
When Peters
he was
pleas'd
to Doom,
The Bishops
in
the
Tower.
I was
present
that very Morn,
When the
Pretender
he was born,
Being
the Tenth of June.
In Sixteen Hundred
Eighty
                           Eight,
                        
But this Day prov'd
Unfortunate,
It
                           put all
                        
out of Tune.
I
                           saw King
                        
William cross the Seas,
To give the Land and Nation
Ease,
With
                           a most
                        
glorious
Fleet.
I saw him
Cross
to Ireland,
With a
Right
valiant
armed
                           Band,
                        
Making his
Foes
Retreat.
I have his Royal Consort seen,
Mary our most
                           Religious Queen,
                        
In all
                           her
                        
Courtly
Train.
I saw
her
                           Royal Funeral,
                        
And how
the
Showers of
Tears did fall,
While Subjects
did complain
I see
the Duke of
Gloucester's
Birth,
The
                           Glory,
                        
Triumph Joy and
Mirth,
Which
was on
that
great Day;
I see
his Royal Mother's Tears,
When in the
Blossom
of his
                           Years,
                        
Death snatch'd him
hence
away.
I saw
King William
when he
dy'd,
Who was the Land and Nations guide,
A Scourge to France and Spain.
I saw
Queen
Anne
come to the Throne
Whose Royal
Favours
she made known
Do ring
her glorious Reign.
I saw
Commons,
Lords
and
Peers
Who paid
a Tribute
                           of sad Tears,
                        
Before her Royal Tomb.
I saw
King George
pass thro'
the
                           Town,
                        
For to possess the Royal
                           Crown,
                        
And
                           govern in
                        
her
Room.
I likewise
saw
the First George Crown'd
With Men
and
Angels compast round,
A joyful happy Day;
I present was before his Death,
And saw likewise his latest Breath,
When in Death's Arms he lay,
I saw King
                           George
                        
the
Second crown'd,
Likewise his Queen, encircl'd round,
The like scarce e'er was knonw.
I saw
their
Royal Issue
Fair,
While Acclamations fill'd the Air,
Long may they Grace
the Throne.

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An
OLD SONG, newly reviv'd;
Or,
The
WANDERING
JEW's
CHRONICLE.
WHen William Duke
of Normandy
With all his
Normans
gallantry
This
Kingdom
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I was,
And what
                           e'er
                        
since
hath
come to
pass
I can report
for
true.
I
can remember since
                           he went
                        
From London for to conquer Kent,
Where
in
a
walking
Wood;
The Men of Kent
did compass
him,
And he for
aid confirm'd on
them
King Edward's Laws for good.
I
likewise
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the
                           arrow
                        
which
him slew,
Hard by a
Forest side;
And I can
tell
you
if I
wist,
And better tell you if I
list,
Who next to him did
ride.
First Henry,
aye,
and
Stephen too,
When
no
one there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
crown'd and dead!
And can remember well also
The second
Henry's
royal
Shew,
The Day
when
he was wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock
Bow'r,
And
saw
that
sweet
& comely
Flower
Queen Eleanor
did
so
spite;
I found
the Clue
of
Thread
again,
After that
worthy
Knight was
slain,
It was
Green,
Blue,
Red,
&
White.
I saw King Richard in his Shirt
Pull
out a furious
Lion's
Heart,
Whereby his Strength was
try'd;
I saw King John, when as the
Monk,
Gave him the
Poison, which
he
drunk,
And
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the
                           Barons
                        
when they sent,
For the
French
Dauphin
with intent,
To put Third Henry
down;
I saw the Earl of
Leicester bent,
(Call'd
Simon
Mountford)
with his Tent
Beseige
fair
London Town.
And
I have the first
                           Edward seen,
                        
Whose
Legs
I
thought
still
to have
been
A Yard
or
more in Length;
I
with him
into Scotland went,
And
again
in contentment,
Which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carmarthen's minion dear,
I
saw the fall of
Mortimer
With all the
Barons
Wars;
I likewise
was
in Armour
sent,
To
Burton
Battle
upon Trent,
Where I
receiv'd
these
Scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
Son
By whom
great
feats
of
Arms
was done,
I
saw on
Cresses Plain;
Which
Day when
Bows
&
Arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
Stones
                           I
                        
ween
Where
many
Frenchmen
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler &
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
In Smithfield
which he
slew;
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle
                        
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
Whose Death
e'er
since I rue.
I
mark'd
when
Henry Bolingbroke
The Crown and
Sceptre
on him took,
Which
he became
so
well;
I
mark'd
when Henry
Hotspur
he
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury,
Was
slain in
Battle,
fell.
I
knew that great
victorious Prince,
Whose Death I have
bewail'd
                           e'er
                        
since
Henry the fifth I mean;
And I can give you
a
just
report,
How many French at
Agin Court,
Was
in one
Battle
slain;
I saw
                           the white
                        
and red Rose
Knights,
And
Warwick
great in Armour bright,
In the
sixth Henry's reign;
I
present was that very
                           Hour,
                        
When Henry was in
London Tow'r,
By
crook'd Back
Richard slain.
And in a Goldsmith's
Shop
I've
seen,
Fourth Edward's famous
                           Concubine,
                        
Whose Name
was
sweet
Jane shore;
I
mark'd
when
Richard's cruelty,
Put
her unto
great misery,
And I was
grieved sore.
I
likewise
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well Arm'd
there with Spear
&
Shield,
Meaning to try my force;
Where Richard
losing
Life and Crown
Was naked
born to Leicester
Town,
Upon
                           a
                        
Collier's
Horse.
To
the
seventh Henry then I was
A
Servant
as it came to pass,
To serve him at his Need;
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
Eight Henry's reign,
Full many
great Men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
Soldier
bold
within,
O'er
Neptune's curled
Breast
did swim,
Unto the
Realm
of
                           France;
                        
I
help'd
to ransack
Boulogne Town,
And many Places of renown,
Yet
                           home I
                        
came by chance.
I
knew
the
sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose countenance was
meek and
mild
A
hopeful Prince he
was;
I
saw
Queen Mary in her
reign,
Put Protestants to
muckle
pai[?n?],
And reset up the Mass.
But to
my comfort
I
have
seen.
Elizabeth
the Maiden Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
Sister;
Tho'
she
reign'd four &
forty
Years,
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
their
Tears
That they
too
soon
had miss'd
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth,
To glad the Peoples sight;
He brought a
Salve
to
heal
our
Wound
And made
Great-Britain
safe
and
sound
To Equity
and
                           Right.
                        
He
was
in Truth
a Prince of Peace,
And made
all
former Jars to cease,
Betwixt
Englishmen
and Scots,
The
Englishmen
sung
merry Sonnets,
And th'scotch lads
threw
up their
bonnets
For
Joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born, in England nurs'd,
Was pious
                           princely
                        
Charles the First,
Who
                           had
                        
to
Wife Queen Mary,
But by the Rage of
Party heat,
He
martyr'd was before
his Gate
This good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the
                           Second
                        
who
had
spent
Many
                           long Years in Banishment,
                        
And 'scap'd with Life so nearly;
By Miracles
and
                           Means
                        
unknown,
Was
placed upon
the
Royal
Throne,
Where
                           he
                        
did shine most
clearly.
I
likewise knew
his
Brother James,
Who was
led on to such Extremes,
As made
the Nation weep;
I saw his Coronation-Day
And how he did the Sceptre sway,
Which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise,
How he did
did
rule
and tyrannize,
With
arbitrary
Power;
And I was in the
Council-Room
When Jeffrys
he was
pleas'd
to doom
The Bishops
to
the
Tow'r.
I
present
was
that very Morn,
When the
Chevalier
he was born,
Being on
the Tenth of June,
In Sixteen Hundred
Eighty-eight,
But that they prov'd
unfortunate,
It
                           put all
                        
Things
out of Tune.
I
                           saw King
                        
William cross the Seas,
To give the Land and Nation
Ease,
With
                           a most
                        
glorious
Fleet;
I saw him
go
to Ireland
With a
right
valiant
armed
                           Band,
                        
Making his
Foes
retreat.
I have his Royal Consort seen,
Mary our most religious Queen,
With all her
courtly
Train;
I saw
her royal Funeral,
And how
the
Show'rs of
Tears did fall,
Whilst subjects
did
                           complain.
                        
I
                           saw
                        
the Duke of
Glo'ster's
Birth,
What glorious
Triumph,
Joy, &
Mirth,
There
was on
that
great Day;
I
                           saw
                        
his Royal Mother's Tears,
When in the
Blossom
of his
                           Years,
                        
Death snatch'd him
hence
away.
I saw
King William
when he
died,
Who was the Land
                           and Nation's Guide,
                        
A Scourge to France and Spain;
I saw
Queen
Anne
come to the Throne,
Whose
                           royal
                        
Favours
she made
                           known,
                        
During
her glorious Reign.
I saw her
Commons,
Lords,
and
Peers,
Pay
a Tribute
                           of sad Tears,
                        
Upon her royal Tomb.
I saw
King George
come to
the
                           Town,
                        
All to possess the royal Crown,
And
                           govern in
                        
her
room.
I
saw
him take his course each day,
And
how he did the Sceptre sway,
Until Death came in [?f?]ine;
I saw King
                           George
                        
the
second come,
With bold
Huzzas to Btitain's Throne,
With glorious Caroline.
Like
bright Aurora chaste
&
gay,
That driveth all dull Cares away,
The joys of Women kind;
I mark'd ths numeroous Progeny,
The blessings of Prosperity,
Long may they grace
the Throne.
I saw the
third
of George's
come,
And lovely Charlotte in her bloom,
Long may they live and reign
The Nation's Glory and their Pride,
And
ever be their faithful Guide;
And now
Amen!
Amen!

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Th[e]
Wandering JEW's
CHRONICLE;
Or,
[A]
Brief
History
of
the
Remarkable
Pas[?s?]ages
from
W[?I?]LLIAM the Conqueror;
to
this
present
Reign.
To the
Tune of,
The [W]and[?er?]ing Jew's Chronicle.
WHen William, Duke
of N[o]rmandy
With all his
Normans
galantly
This
Kingdom
did
subdue;
[N IN KINGDOM = TURNED TYPE]
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I w[?a?]s,
And whate'er
since
has
come t[o]
pass,
I can report
for
true.
I
can remember since
                           he went
                        
From London for to conquer Kent:
Where
in
a
walking
Wood,
The Men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
Aye confirm'd to
[?t?]hem,
King Edward's Laws for Good.
Likewise
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the
                           arrow
                        
that
him sl[e]w,
Hard by a
Forest Side:
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
Who next to him did
ride.
First Henry,
aye,
and
Stephen knew,
Whom
no
Man there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
Crown'd[?,?] and De[?a?]d:
I can
                           remember well also
                        
The Second
Henry's
royal
Show;
The Day
that
he was wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock
Bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
Flower,
Queen Eleanor
did
so
spight:
It found
the Clew
of
Thread
again,
After that
worthy
Knight was
slain;
Twas
green,
blue,
red
and
white.
I saw King Richar[d] in his Shirt,
Pull
out a furious
Lion's
Heart,
Whereby his Strength was
try'd:
I saw King John, when as the
Monk
Gave him the
Poison which
he
drunk,
And
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the
                           Barons
                        
when they sent
For the
French
Dauphin,
with Intent
To put Third Henry
down:
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout,
(Call'd,
Simon
Munford)
with his Tent
Besiege
fair
London Town.
And
I have the First Edward seen,
Whose
Legs
I
still thought
to have
been
A Yard
and
more in Length:
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
Which
he subdu'd
by
Strength.
I knew
Carnarvon's Minion dear,
And
saw the Fall of
Mortimer,
With all the
Barons
Wars:
I likewise
was
in Armour
sent
To
Burton
Battle
upon Trent,
Where I
receiv'd
these
Scars
Third
Edward,
and his
valiant
Son,
By whom
great
Feats
of
Arms
were done,
I
saw on
Cressy Plain;
Which
Day, when
Bows
and
Arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
Stones
                           I
                        
ween,
Were
many
Frenchmen
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler, and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
In Smithfield,
which him
slew:
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle,
                        
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
Whose Death
e'er
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bolingbrook,
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took;
Which
he became
full
well:
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
Lords
at
Salisbury,
Were
slain in
Battle
fell.
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
Whose Death I have
bewail'd
                           e'er
                        
since,
Henry the Fifth, I mean:
And I can give you
just
Report,
How many French at
Agincourt,
Were
in one
Battle
slain.
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I saw the
                           White
                        
and Red rose
Knight.
And
Warwick
Great, in
                           Armour bright,
                        
In the
Sixth Henry's Reign:
And
present was that very
                           Hour,
                        
When Henry was in
London Tower,
By
crook'd back'd
Richard slain.
I in the
                           Goldsmith's
                        
Sh[?op?]
have
seen,
Fourt[?h?] Edward's fam[o][?u?]s Concubine;
Whose Name
was
sw[?e?]et
Jane Shore:
I
saw
when
Richard's [?c?]ruelty,
Did
put
her to
g[?r?]eat M[?is?]ery;
And I was
gri[e]v'd th[?e?]refore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well armed
there with S[?p?]ear
and
Shield,
[M]eaning to try my [?F?]orce;
W[?h?]ere Richard
losing
L[?i?]fe and Crown,
W[as] naked
born to Le[?ic?]ester
Town,
Upon
                           a
                        
Collier's
Ho[r]se.
To
he
Seventh [H]enry [?t?]hen I was
A
Sevant,
as it came [?t?]o pass;
To serve him at his Need:
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
Eig[h]th Henry's Reign,
Ful many
gr[e]at M[en] bleed.
I
was
[?a?]
Soldier
[?b?]old
with him,
O'er
Neptune's [cu]rled
Breast
did swim
Unt[o] the
Rea[?l?]m
of France:
I
he[l]p'[d]
to Ran[?s?]ack
Bullogin Town,
And m[?a?]ny Plac[?e?]s of Renown,
Yet [?H?]ome I
[c]ame by Chance.
I
knew
Sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose Counte[?na?]nce was
very
mild,
A
ho[?p?]eful Pr[?i?]nce he
was:
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Pro[?t?]estants to
mickle
Pain,
And r[e]-set up the Mass.
And to
my Comfort
I
have
seen
Elizabeth
[t]hat Maiden Queen,
Queen
[M]ary's only
Sister:
Though
sh[e]
reign'd four and
forty
Years,
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
their
Tears,
That the[?y?]
too
soon
had miss'd
her.
I [?s?]aw King
James come
from the North,
L[?i?]ke to a Star that
shineth
forth,
To glad the People's Sight:
H[?e?] brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
Wound,
A[n]d made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound,
Through Equity
and
                           Right.
                        
He
was
in Troth
a Prince of Peace,
And made
all
former Jars to cease,
Twixt
English Men
and Scots:
The
English Men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots they
then
threw
up their
Bonnets
For
Joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born, in England nurst,
Was Pious
                           Princely
                        
Charles the First,
Who
                           had
                        
to
Wife Queen Mary:
But by the Rage of
Rebels Hate,
Murther'd
and
martyr'd at
his Gate,
This good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the
                           Second
                        
that
had
spent
Many
                           long Years in Banishment,
                        
And 'scap'd with Life so nearly;
By Miracles
and
                           Means
                        
unknown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
Royal
Throne,
Where
                           he
                        
did shine most
clearly.
I
saw
his
Royal
Brother James,
Who was
led on to such Extreams,
Which made
the Nation weep:
I saw his Coronation-day,
And how he
                           did the Scepter sway,
                        
Which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise,
When he
                           did
                        
Rule
and Tyrannize,
By
Arbitrary
Power:
And I was in the
Council-room,
When Peters
he was
pleas'd
to doom
The Bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very Morn,
When the
Pretender
he was born,
Being
the Tenth of June;
In Sixteen Hundred
Eighty Eight:
But this Day prov'd
unfortunate,
It
                           put all
                        
out of Tune.
I
                           saw King
                        
William cross the Seas,
To give the Land and Nation
Ease,
With
                           a most
                        
glorious
Fleet:
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
right
valiant
armed
                           Band,
                        
Making his
Foes
retreat.
I have his Royal Consort seen,
Mary, our most Religious Queen,
In all
                           her
                        
Courtly
Train:
I saw
her
                           Royal Funeral,
                        
And how
the
Showers of
Tears did fall,
While Subjects
did
                           complain.
                        
I
                           saw
                        
the Duke of
Gloucester's
Birth,
The
                           Glory,
                        
Triumph, Joy, and
Mirth,
That
was on
this
great Day;
I
                           saw
                        
his Royal Mother's Tears,
When in the
Blossom
of his
                           Years,
                        
Death snatch'd
hence
away.
I saw
King William,
when
dy'd,
Who was the Land
                           and Nation's Guide,
                        
A Scourge to France and Spain:
I saw
Queen
Anne
come to the Throne,
Whose Royal
Favours
she made
                           known,
                        
During
her glorious Reign.
I saw her
Commons,
Lords,
and
Peers,
Who paid
a Tribute of sad Tears
Before her Royal Tomb.
I saw
King George
pass thro'
the Town.
All to possess the Royal Crown,
And
                           govern in
                        
her
Room.
I saw King
                           George
                        
the
Second
                           come,
                        
With
                           loud
                        
Huzza's to Britain's Throne,
And glorious Caroline;
Like
bright Aurora,
sweet and
gay,
That chases all dim Clouds away,
The Joy of Woman-kind.
I saw their numerous Progeny,
The Pledges of Prosperity,
For many Years to come;
I saw the
King
and Queen
when
crown'd
With
                           Men
                        
and Angels compass'd round;
Long may they Grace the Throne.
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WANDERING JEW's
CHRONICLE.
Or
a
Brief
History
of
the
Remarkable
Passages
from
William the Conqueror,
to
this
present
King's
Reign.
WHEN William Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
This
kingdom
did
subdue.
Full fifteen
years of
age
I was,
And what
                           e'er
                        
since
has
come to
pass,
I can [r]eport
for
true.
I
can remember since he went,
From London for to conquer Kent,
Where
in
a
walking
wood,
The men of Kent
encompass'd
him,
And he for
ay confirmed to
them,
King Edward's laws for good,
Likewise
I.
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the
                           arrow
                        
that
him slew,
Hard by a
forest side,
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
Who next to him did
ride
First Henry,
ay
and
Stephen too,
Whom
no
man there
but I did
view,
I saw
him
crown'd and dead;
I can
                           remember well also
                        
The Second
Henry's
royal
Show,
The day
that
he was
                           wed,
                        
I likewise was at
Woodstock
bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
flower
Queen Eleanor
did
so
spight,
I found
the clue
of
thread
again,
After that
worthy
knight was
slain,
Twas blue,
green,
red,
and
white
I saw
                           King Richard in his shirt,
                        
Pull
out a furious
lion's
heart,
Whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd,
I saw King John, when as the
Monk,
Gave him the
poison as
he
drank;
And
then forsooth
he
dy'd
I
saw the bar[o]ns
when they sent,
For the
F[r]ench
Dauphin.
with intent
To put T[h]ird Henry
by.
I saw the Earl of
Leicester bent,
Called
Simon
Montford)
with his tent,
Beseige
f[a]ir
London Town.
And
I have the first
                           Edward seen,
                        
Whose
legs
I
think
to have
been,
A yard
and
more in length.
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
Which
he subdued
by
strenght.
I knew
Carnarvonon's minion's dear,
And
saw the fall of
Mortimer.
With all the
Barons
wars.
I likewise
was
in armour
sent,
To
Burton
battle
upon Trent,
Where I
received
these
scars,
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
son,
By whom
great
feats
of
arms
were done;
saw on
Cross[l]ey plain.
W[h]ich
days
bows
and
arrows keen
Grew
scant
with
mighty
stones I
ween,
Were
many
Frenchmen
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayorof
London saw.
In Smithfield,
which him
slew.
I was at
Pomphfret Castle,
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
Whose death
e'er
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Holingbroke,
The crown and
sceptre
on him took.
Which
he became
right
well.
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
Lord
at
Salisbury,
Where
slain in
battle
fell.
I
saw that brave
victorious Prince,
Whose death I
                           have
                        
bewailed e'er
since.
Henry the Fifth I mean.
And I can give you
good
report
How many French at
Agincourt
Where
in one
battle
slain.
I saw
                           the white
                        
and red nose
knight,
And
Warwick
great in armour bright.
In the
sixth's Henry's reign.
And
present was that very hour.
When Henry was in
London Tower.
By
crook-back
Richard slain.
I in the goldsmith's
shop
have
seen.
Fourth Edward's famous concubine.
Whose name
was
sweet
Jane
                           Shore,
                        
I
saw
when
Richard's cruelty,
Did
put
her to
great misery,
And I was
grieved therefore,
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well armed
there with spear
and
shield,
Meaning to try my force.
Where Richard
losing
life and crown.
Was naked
born te Leicester
town.
Upon
                           a
                        
Collier's
horse,
To
the
Seventh Henry then I was,
A
servant
as it came to pass,
To serve him at his need;
And while I did in court remain,
I saw in the
Eighth Henry's reign,
Full many
great men bleed,
was
a
soldier
bold
with him,
O'er
Neptune's curled
breast
did swim,
Unto the
realm
of France,
I
he[l]ped
to ransack
Boulougne town,
And many places of reno[w]n,
Yet
                           home I
                        
came by chance,
knew
Sixth
Edward
a
child,
Whose countenance was
very
mild,
A
hopeful Prince he
was.
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain;
And re-set up the mass.
And to
my comfort
have
I
seen,
Elizabeth,
that maiden queen,
Queen
Mary's only
sister,
Tho'
she
reigned four and
forty
years,
Her
                           subjects
                        
shewed well
their
tears
That they
too
soon
had miss'd
her
I saw King
James came
from the North,
Like to a star
                           that
                        
shineth
forth,
To glad the people's sight.
He brought a
salve
to
cure
our
wound,
And made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound,
Thro' equity
and right.
He
was
in troth
a prince of peace,
And made
all
former jars to
                           cease,
                        
Twixt
Englishmen
and Scots.
The
Englishmen
sung
merry
                           sonnets,
                        
The Scots
                           did
                        
then
throw
up their
bonnets,
For
joy
of their good lots:
In Scotland born, in England nurst.
Was pious
                           princely
                        
Charles the First,
Who
                           had
                        
to
wife Queen Mary.
But by the rage of
rebel's hate,
Murdered
and
marty'd at
his gate,
This good King did
miscarry.
King Charles
the
                           Second
                        
that
had
spent,
many long years in banishment.
And 'scap'd with life so nearly.
By miracles
and means
unknown,
I saw
placed on
the
royal
throne,
Where
                           he
                        
did shine most
clearly
saw
his
royal
brother James,
Led on by such extremes,
Which made
the nation weep.
I saw his Coronation day,
And now he did the sceptre sway,
Which
long
he could not keep,
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise
When he
                           did
                        
rule
and tyrannize,
By
an abitary
power.
And I was in the
council room,
When Poter
he was
pleased
to doom.
The Bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very morn
When the
Pretender
he was born,
Which was
the Tenth of June,
In sixteen hundred
and
eighty eight,
But this day proved
unfortunate
It
                           put all
                        
out of tune.
I
                           saw King
                        
William cross the seas.
To give the land and
                           nation
                        
easo,
With
                           a most
                        
glorious
fleet.
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
valiant
armed band
Making his
forces
retreat,
I have his royal consort
                           seen,
                        
Mary, our most religious Queen,
In all
                           her
                        
courtly
train.
I saw
her royal funeral,
And
the
bitter
tears that fell,
While subject
did complain
I
                           saw
                        
the Duke of
Gloucester's
birth,
The glory
triumph, joy and
mirth,
That
was on
this
great day,
I
                           saw
                        
his royal mother's tears,
When in the
blossom
of his years,
Death snatch'd him
soon
away.
I saw
King William
w[h]en he
died
Who was the land and nation's guide.
A scourge to France and Spain,
I saw
Queen
Anne
come to the
                           throne,
                        
Whose
                           royal
                        
favour
she made
                           known,
                        
During
her glorious reign
I saw her
Commons,
Lotds
and
Peers,
Who paid
a tribute of sad
                           tears,
                        
Before her royal tomb,
I saw
King George
pass through
the town,
All to possess the Royal crown:
And
                           govern in
                        
her
room,
I saw King
                           George
                        
the
Second
                           come,
                        
With
                           loud
                        
huzza's to Britain's
                           throne,
                        
And glorious Caroline,
I saw
King
George the
Third ascend,
To Britain's throne the wars to end,
With France and Spain,
I saw
King
George the Fouth
whose wise
decrees
Protects the good and never fails
to
please.
Just in himself he honours Englands throne
Tho' blamed
for follies which are not his own
Long may
he live,
and every virtue prove,
And reign triumphant on his Subject's
                           love.
                        
I saw Queen Caroline oppressed with foes on every side
Boldly she stems, base Calumny's foul tide,
With conscious innooence,
surmounts
the storm
And reigns
in
every heart to virtue warm,
The Chapter of KINGS
THE Romans in England they once did sway
And the Saxons they after them led the way
And they tugged with
the
Danes till an overthrow
They both of them got by the Norman bow,
CHORUS,
Yet barring all pother the one and the
                           other,
                        
Were all of them Kings in their turn
Little Willy the Conqueror long did reign,
But Billy his son by an arrow was slain
And Harry the First was a scholar so
                           bright,
                        
But Stephy was forced for his Crown to
                           figkt
                        
Second Harry Plantagenets name did bear
And Coeur de Lion was his son and heir
But Mag[n]a Charta was gain'd from John,
Which Harry the
Thir
put his seal upon,
There was Teddy the First like a lion so
                           bold
                        
But the Second by rebels was bought and
                           sold,
                        
And Teddy the Third was his subjects
                           pride,
                        
Though his grandson Dicky was popped aside
There was Harry the Fourth a warlike wight
And Harry the Fifth like a Cock would
                           fight
                        
Though Henry his son like a chick did pout
When Teddy his cousin had kick'd him out.
Poor Teddy the Fifth he was killed in bed,
By butchering Dick who was
knock'd
in the head
Then Harry the Seventh in fame grew
big,
And Harry the Eight was
a
fat as a pig
With Harry the Sixth we had tranquil days
Though Mary make fire and faggot blaze
But good Queen Bess a glorious dame,
And bonny King James from Scotland came.
Poor Charley the First was a, Martyr made
But Charley his Son was a comical blade.
And James the Second when hotly spurr'd
Ran away do you see from Willy the Third.
Queen Anne was victorious by land and sea
And Georgey the First did with glory sway,
And as Georgy the Second has long been
                           dead
                        
Long life to
the
Georgy we have in his stead,
And may his Sons sons to the end of the chapter
All come to be Kings in their turns
J. Pitts, Printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble
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THE
Wandering Jew's
Chronicle
OR
A
Brief
History
of
the
Remarkable
Passages
From
William the Conqueror
to
this
present
Reign.
WHEN William duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
This
kingdom
did
subdue.
Full fifteen
years of
age
I was,
And what
                           e'er
                        
since
has
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true.
I
can remember since
                           he went
                        
From London for to conquer Kent;
Where
in
a
walking
wood,
The men of Kent
encompass'd
him,
And he for
ay confirmed to
them
King Edward's laws for good
Likwise
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the
                           arrow
                        
that
him slew,
Hard by a
forest side.
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
Who next to him did
ride.
First Henry,
ay
and
Stephen too,
Whom
no
man there
but I did
view,
I saw
him
crown'd and dead:
I can remember well also,
The second
Henry's
royal
Show,
The day
that
he was wed.
I likewise was at
Woodstock-bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
fl[o]wer,
Queen Eleanor
did
so
spight.
I found
the clue
of
thread
again,
After that
worthy
knight was
slain,
Twas blue,
green,
red
and
white.
I saw king Richard in his shirt,
Pull
out a furious
lion's
heart,
Whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd.
I saw king John, when as the
Monk
Gave him the
poison as
he
drank.
And
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
saw the barons
when they sent
For the
French
Dauphin,
with intent,
To put third Henry
by:
I saw the earl of
Leicester bent,
Call'd
Simon
Montford)
with his tent,
Beseige
fair
London town.
And
I have the first
                           Edward seen,
                        
Whose
legs
I
think
to have
been
A yard
and
more in length.
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
Which
he subdu'd
by
strenth.
I knew
Carnarvonon's minion dear,
and
saw the fall of
Mortimer,
With all the
baron's
wars
I likewise
was
in armour
sent
To
Burton
battle
upon Trent,
Where I
receiv'd
these
scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
son,
By whom
great
feats
of
arms
were done
I
saw on
Crosley plain
Which
days when
bows
and
arrows keen,
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
stones I
ween,
Were
many
Frenchmen
slain,
I knew Wat
Tyler, and
Jack Straw,
And I the
mayor of
LONDON saw
In Smithfield,
which him
slew.
I was at
Pomphfret Castle,
when
The second
Richard there
was slain,
Whose death
e'er
since I rue,
I
saw
when
Holinbroke
The crown and
septre
on him took,
When
he became
right
well.
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
lord
at
Salisbury.
Where
slain in
battle
fell.
I
saw that brave
victorious prince.
Whose death I
                           have
                        
bewail'd
                           e'er
                        
since,
Henry the fifth I mean,
And I can give you
good
report,
How many French at
Agincourt,
Where
in one
battle
slain.
I saw
                           the white
                        
and red nose
knight,
And
Warick
great in armour bright,
In the
sixth Henry's reign,
And
present was that very hour,
When Henry was in
LONDON Tower,
By
crook-back
Richard slain.
I in the goldsmith's
shop
have
seen
Fourth Edward's famous concubine;
Whose name
was
sweet
Jane Shore.
I
saw
when
Richard's cruelty,
Did
put
heto
great misery.
And I was
grieved therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth Fleld,
Well armed
there with spear
and
shield.
Meaning to try my force:
Where Richard
losing
life and crown,
Was naked
born to Leicester
town,
Upon
                           a
                        
Collier's
horse.
To
the
seventh Henry then I was
A
servant
as it came to pass,
To serve him at his need:
And while I did in court remain.
I saw in the
eighth Henry's reign.
Full many
great men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
soldier
bold
with him,
O'er
Neptune's curled
breast
did swim,
Unto the
realm
of France.
I
help'd
to ransack
Bulloign town,
And many places of renown.
Yet
                           home I
                        
came by chance.
I
knew
sixth
Edward
a
child,
Whose countenance was
very
mild.
A
hopeful prinee he
was,
I
knew
queen Mary in her
reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain:
And re:set up the mass.
And to
my comfort
have
I
seen
Elizabeth,
that maiden queen,
Queen
Mary's only
sister:
Tho'
she
reign'd four and
forty
years,
Her
                           subjects
                        
shew'd well
by
their
tears,
That they
to
soon
had mis'd
her.
I saw king
James come
from the North,
Like to a star
                           that
                        
shineth
forth,
To glad the peoples sight.
He brought a
slave
to
cure
our
wound[?'.' OR ','?]
And made
Great Britain [?UPSIDE DOWN COMMA HERE?]
safe
and
sound,
Thro' equity
and right.
He
was
in troth
a prince of peace,
And made
all
former jars to
                           cease,
                        
Twixt
Englishmen
and Scots.
The
Englishmen
sung
merry
                           sonnets,
                        
The Scots
                           did
                        
then
throw
up their
bonnets
For
joy
of their
                           good lots.
                        
In Scotland born, in England nurst,
Was pious
                           princely
                        
Charles the first,
Who
                           had
                        
to
wife queen Mary.
But by the rage of
rebel's hate,
Murder'd
and
martyr'd at
his gate,
This good king did
miscarry.
King Charles
the second
that
had
[?f?]pent
Many long years in bonishment,
And scap'd with life so nearly.
By miracles
and means
unknown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
royal
throne,
Where
                           he
                        
did shine most
clearly
I
saw
his
royal
brother James
Led on by such extreams:
Which made
the nation wep.
I saw his coronation day,
And how he did the sceptre sway,
Which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise,
When he
                           did
                        
rule
and tyrannize
By an
arbitary
power:
And I was in the
council room,
When Peter
he was
pleas'd
to doom
The bishops
to
the
tower.
I
present
was
that very morn,
When the
pretender
he was born
Which was
the tenth of June,
In sixteen hundred
eighty eight,
But this day prov'd
unfortunate.
It
                           put all
                        
out of tune.
I saw king
William cross the seas,
To give the land and
                           nation
                        
ease,
With
                           a most
                        
gloriou
fleet.
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
valiant
armed band
Making his
forces
retreat.
I have his royal consort
                           seen,
                        
Mary, our most religious queen,
In all
                           her
                        
courtely
train.
I saw
her royal funeral,
And
the
bitter
tears that fell.
While subjects
did complain,
I
                           saw
                        
the duke of
Gloucester's
birth
The glory,
triumph joy and
mirth,
That
was on
this
great day.
I
                           saw
                        
his royal mother's tears.
When in the
blossom
of his years
Death snath'd him
soon
away.
I saw
king William
when he
dy'd,
Who was the land and nation's guide,
A scourge to France and Spain.
I saw
queen
Ann
come to the
                           throne,
                        
Whose
                           royal
                        
favour
she made known
During
her glorious reign.
I saw her
commons,
lords
and
peers,
Who paid
a tribute of sad
                           tears,
                        
Before her royal tomb:
I saw
king George
pass thro'
the town,
All to possess the royal crown;
And
                           govern in
                        
her
room.
I saw king George
the
second come,
With
                           loud
                        
huzza's to Britain's thrown.
And glorious Caroline.
I saw
king
George the
third ascend,
To Britain's thrown the wars to end
With France and Spain.
I saw
Charlotte,
George's pride,
Walk
to
Church both side by side,
With a glorious train.
In Westminster I saw
them join'd,
And return again most kind
-
Long may
they reign!
FINIS

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The
Wandring JEW's
CHRONICLE:
OR, A Brief
History of the
Remarkable Passages from WILLIAM the
Conqueror, to this
present Reign: BEING,
The old
Historian,
His
brief
Declaration, Made
in
a
mad Fashion,
Of
each Coronation,
That pass'd in
this Nation,Since
William's
Invasion, For no great Occasion, But meer Recreation, To
                           put
                        
off
Vexation.
To the
Tune of,
The Wandring Jew's Chronicle.
When William Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
this
Kingdom
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I was
And whate're
since
has
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true:
I
can remember since
                           he went
                        
From London for to conquer Kent,
where
in
a
walking
Wood,
The Men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
aye
                           confirm'd to
                        
them,
King Edward's Laws for
                           good,
                        
Likewise
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew,
hard by a
Forest side;
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
who next to him did
ride.
First Henry
I
and
Stephen knew,
Whom
no
Man there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
crown'd and dead;
I can remember well also,
The Second
Henry's
Royal
Show,
the Day
that
he was
                           wed,
                        
I likewise was at
Woodstock
bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
Flower,
Queen Elinor
did
so
spight;
I found
the Clew
of
Thread
again,
After that
wort[h]y
Knight was
slain,
twas
green,
blew,
red,
and
white.
I saw
                           King Richard in his shirt,
                        
Pull
out a furious
Lyon's
heart,
whereby his Strength was
try'd;
I saw King
                           John when as the
                        
Monk
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
drunk;
and
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd tbe Barons
when they sent
For the
French
Dauphin,
with intent
to put Third Henry
down,
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout,
(Call'd,
Simon
Munford)
with
                           his Tent,
                        
besiege
fair
London Town.
And
I have the First Edward seen,
Whose
Legs
I
still thought
to have
been
a yard
and
more in length;
[THE 'L' IN LENGTH IS ODD - POSSIBLY A
                           CAPITAL ROMAN 'J'?]
                        
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carnarven's Minion dear
And
saw the fall of
Mortimeer,
with all the
Barons
Wars;
I likewise
was
in Armor
sent
To
Burton
Battle
upon Trent,
where I
receiv'd
these
Scars.
Third
Edward,
and his
valiant
Son,
By whom
great
Feats
of
Arms
were done,
I
saw on
Cressy Plain[?,?
OR
?.?]
Which
day,
                           when
                        
Bows
and
Arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
Stones
                           I
                        
ween,
were
many
French Men
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
london saw,
In Smit[h]field,
which him
slew;
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle
                        
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
whose death
e're
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bull[i]ngbrook,
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took,
which
he became
full
well;
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury,
were
slain in
Battle
fel[l].
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
Whose Death I have
bewail'd e're
since,
Henry the Fifth, I mean;
And I can give you
just
report,
How many French at
Agen Court,
were
in one
Battle
slain.
I saw the
                           White
                        
and Red-Rose
Knight,
And
Warwick
Great, in
                           Armour bright,
                        
in the
Sixth Henry's Reign;
And
present was that very hour,
When Henry was in
London Tower,
by
Crook'd Back'd
Richard slain.
I in the
                           Goldsmith's
                        
Shop
have
seen,
Fourth Edward's famous
                           Concubine,
                        
whose Name
was
Sweet
Jane
                           Shore,
                        
I
saw
when
Richard's Cruelty
Did
put
her to
great Misery,
and I was
griev'd therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well armed
there with Spear
and
Shield,
meaning to try my force;
Where Richard
losing
Life
                           and Crown,
                        
Was naked
bourn to
                           Leicester
                        
Town,
upon a
Collier's
Horse.
To
the
Seventh
                           Henry then I was
                        
A
Servant
as it came to pass,
to serve him at his
                           need;
                        
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
Eight H[e]nry's Reign,
full many
great Men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
Soldier
bold
with him,
O're
Neptune's curled
breast
did swim,
unto the
Realm
of
                           France;
                        
I
helpt
to Ransack
Bulloign Town,
And many places of Renown,
yet home I
came by chance.
I
knew
Sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose
                           Countenance was
                        
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was;
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
Pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And to
my comfort
I
have
seen,
Elizabeth
that Maiden Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
Sister;
Though
she
reign'd four and
forty
Years,
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
their
Tears,
that they
too
soon
had
                           mist
                        
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North,
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth
to glad the People's
                           sight;
                        
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
Wound,
And made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound,
through Equity
and
                           Right.
                        
He
was,
in troth,
a Prince of Peace,
And made
all
former Jars to cease,
twixt
English Men
and Scots;
The
English Men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots they
threw
up their
Bonnets,
for
Joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born, in England nurst,
Was Pious Princley
Charles the First,
who had
to
Wife Queen
                           Mary;
                        
But by the Rage of
Rebels Heate,
Murther'd
and
Martyr's at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry
King Charles
the Second,
that
had
spent
Many
                           long Years in Banishment,
                        
and scap'd with Life so
                           nearly;
                        
By miracles
and
                           Means
                        
unkown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
Royal
Throne,
where he
did shine most
cle[a]rly.
I
saw
his
Royal
Brother James,
Who was
[l]ed on to such Extreams,
which made
the Nation weep;
I saw his Coronat[i]on-day,
And how he
                           did the Scepter sway,
                        
which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise
When he
                           did
                        
Rule
and Tyranize,
by
Arbitrary
Power:
And I was in the
Council-room,
When Peter's
he was
pleas'd
to doom
the Bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very Morn
When the
Pretender
he was born,
being
the Tenth of June,
In Sixteen Hundred
Eighty
                           Eight,
                        
But this D[a]y prov'd
Unfortunate,
it put
                           all
                        
out of Tune.
I saw king
William cross the Seas,
To give the Land and Nation
Ease,
with a
                           most
                        
glorious
Fleet;
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
right
valiant
armed
                           Band,
                        
making
                           his
                        
Foes
retreat.
I have his Royal Consort seen,
Mary our most
                           Religious Queen,
                        
in all
                           her
                        
courtly
Train;
I saw
her
                           Royal Funeral,
                        
And how
the
showers
                           of
                        
Tears did fall,
whi[l]e Subjects
did comp[l]ain.
I see
the Duke of
Glouc'ster's
Birth,
The
                           Glory,
                        
Triumph, Joy and
Mirth,
which
was on
that
great Day:
I see
his Royal Mother's Tears,
When in the
B[l]ossom
of his Years[,]
Death snatch'd him
hence
away.
I saw
King William
when he
dy'd,
Who was the Land
                           and Nation's Guide,
                        
a Scourge to France and Spain,
I s[a]w
Queen
Anne
come to the throne
Whose roya[l]
Favours
she made known;
during
her Glorious Reign.
I saw her
Commons,
Lords
and
Peers,
Who paid
a Tribute
                           of sad Tears,
                        
before her Royal
                           Tomb.
                        
I saw
King George
pass thro'
the
                           Town,
                        
For to possess the Royal
                           Crown,
                        
and Govern in
hrr
Room.
I saw
the
Prince when first he came;
I saw
likewise his Royal Dame,
whose charming Beauty
                           shine
                        
Like
Bright Aurora
sweet and
gay,
That Chases all dim Clouds
                           away,
                        
the Joy of
                           Women-kind.
                        
I saw two Royal Infants
                           dear,
                        
And did their pretty Prattle
                           hear,
                        
the like scarce e'er was
                           known.
                        
I saw
King
George
when
he was crown'd,
With
                           Men
                        
and Angels compass'd round;
long may he Grace the
                           Throne.
                        
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The
Wandring JEW's
CHRONICLE:
OR, A Brief
History of the
Remarkable Passages from WILLIAM the
Conqueror, to this
present Reign: BEING,
The old
Historian,
His
brief
Declaration, Made
in
a
mad Fashion,
Of
each Coronation,
That pass'd in this Nation,
Since
William's
Invasion, For no great Occasion, But meer
                           Recreation,
                        
To
put
off
Vexation.
To the
Tune of,
The Wandring Jew's Chronicle.
When William Duke
of Normandy,
With all his
Normans
gallantly,
this
Kingdom
did
subdue;
Full fifteen
Years of
Age
I was
And whate're
since
has
come to
pass,
I can report
for
true:
I
can remember since
                           he went
                        
From London for to conquer Kent,
where
in
a
walking
Wood,
The Men of Kent
compassed
him,
And he for
aye
                           confirm'd to
                        
them,
King Edward's Laws for
                           good,
                        
Likewise
I
William Rufus knew,
And saw
the Arrow
that
him slew,
hard by a
Forest side;
I well could
tell
you
if I
list,
Or better tell you if I
wist,
who next to him did
ride.
First Henry
I
and
Stephen knew,
Whom
no
Man there
but I did
view,
I saw
them
crown'd and dead;
I can remember well also,
The Second
Henry's
Royal
Show,
the Day
that
he was
                           wed,
                        
I likewise was at
Woodstock
bower,
And
saw
that
sweet
and famous
Flower,
Queen Elinor
did
so
spight;
I found
the Clew
of
Thread
again,
After that
wort[h]y
Knight was
slain,
twas
green,
blew,
red,
and
white.
I saw
                           King Richard in his shirt,
                        
Pull
out a furious
Lyon's
heart,
whereby his Strength was
try'd;
I saw King
                           John when as the
                        
Monk
Gave him the
Poyson which
he
drunk;
and
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd tbe Barons
when they sent
For the
French
Dauphin,
with intent
to put Third Henry
down,
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout,
(Call'd,
Simon
Munford)
with
                           his Tent,
                        
besiege
fair
London Town.
And
I have the First Edward seen,
Whose
Legs
I
still thought
to have
been
a yard
and
more in length;
[THE 'L' IN LENGTH IS ODD - POSSIBLY A
                           CAPITAL ROMAN 'J'?]
                        
With him
I
into Scotland went,
And back
again
incontinent,
which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carnarven's Minion dear
And
saw the fall of
Mortimeer,
with all the
Barons
Wars;
I likewise
was
in Armor
sent
To
Burton
Battle
upon Trent,
where I
receiv'd
these
Scars.
Third
Edward,
and his
valiant
Son,
By whom
great
Feats
of
Arms
were done,
I
saw on
Cressy Plain[?,?
OR
?.?]
Which
day,
                           when
                        
Bows
and
Arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
Stones
                           I
                        
ween,
were
many
French Men
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler and
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
london saw,
In Smit[h]field,
which him
slew;
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle
                        
when
The Second
Richard there
was slain,
whose death
e're
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bull[i]ngbrook,
The Crown and
Scepter
on him took,
which
he became
full
well;
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury,
were
slain in
Battle
fel[l].
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
Whose Death I have
bewail'd e're
since,
Henry the Fifth, I mean;
And I can give you
just
report,
How many French at
Agen Court,
were
in one
Battle
slain.
I saw the
                           White
                        
and Red-Rose
Knight,
And
Warwick
Great, in
                           Armour bright,
                        
in the
Sixth Henry's Reign;
And
present was that very hour,
When Henry was in
London Tower,
by
Crook'd Back'd
Richard slain.
I in the
                           Goldsmith's
                        
Shop
have
seen,
Fourth Edward's famous
                           Concubine,
                        
whose Name
was
Sweet
Jane
                           Shore,
                        
I
saw
when
Richard's Cruelty
Did
put
her to
great Misery,
and I was
griev'd therefore.
I
also
was at
Bosworth Field,
Well armed
there with Spear
and
Shield,
meaning to try my force;
Where Richard
losing
Life
                           and Crown,
                        
Was naked
bourn to
                           Leicester
                        
Town,
upon a
Collier's
Horse.
To
the
Seventh
                           Henry then I was
                        
A
Servant
as it came to pass,
to serve him at his
                           need;
                        
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
Eight H[e]nry's Reign,
full many
great Men
                           bleed.
                        
I
was
a
Soldier
bold
with him,
O're
Neptune's curled
breast
did swim,
unto the
Realm
of
                           France;
                        
I
helpt
to Ransack
Bulloign Town,
And many places of Renown,
yet home I
came by chance.
I
knew
Sixth
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose
                           Countenance was
                        
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was;
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
Pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And to
my comfort
I
have
seen,
Elizabeth
that Maiden Queen,
Queen
Mary's only
Sister;
Though
she
reign'd four and
forty
Years,
Her Subjects
shew'd well
by
their
Tears,
that they
too
soon
had
                           mist
                        
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North,
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth
to glad the People's
                           sight;
                        
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
Wound,
And made
Great Britain
safe
and
sound,
through Equity
and
                           Right.
                        
He
was,
in troth,
a Prince of Peace,
And made
all
former Jars to cease,
twixt
English Men
and Scots;
The
English Men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots they
threw
up their
Bonnets,
for
Joy
of their good Lots.
In Scotland born, in England nurst,
Was Pious Princley
Charles the First,
who had
to
Wife Queen
                           Mary;
                        
But by the Rage of
Rebels Heate,
Murther'd
and
Martyr's at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry
King Charles
the Second,
that
had
spent
Many
                           long Years in Banishment,
                        
and scap'd with Life so
                           nearly;
                        
By miracles
and
                           Means
                        
unkown,
I saw
plac'd on
the
Royal
Throne,
where he
did shine most
cle[a]rly.
I
saw
his
Royal
Brother James,
Who was
[l]ed on to such Extreams,
which made
the Nation weep;
I saw his Coronat[i]on-day,
And how he
                           did the Scepter sway,
                        
which
long
he could not keep.
Lord
Chancellor I saw
likewise
When he
                           did
                        
Rule
and Tyranize,
by
Arbitrary
Power:
And I was in the
Council-room,
When Peter's
he was
pleas'd
to doom
the Bishops
to
the
Tower.
I
present
was
that very Morn
When the
Pretender
he was born,
being
the Tenth of June,
In Sixteen Hundred
Eighty
                           Eight,
                        
But this D[a]y prov'd
Unfortunate,
it put
                           all
                        
out of Tune.
I saw king
William cross the Seas,
To give the Land and Nation
Ease,
with a
                           most
                        
glorious
Fleet;
I saw him
cross
to Ireland,
With a
right
valiant
armed
                           Band,
                        
making
                           his
                        
Foes
retreat.
I have his Royal Consort seen,
Mary our most
                           Religious Queen,
                        
in all
                           her
                        
courtly
Train;
I saw
her
                           Royal Funeral,
                        
And how
the
showers
                           of
                        
Tears did fall,
whi[l]e Subjects
did comp[l]ain.
I see
the Duke of
Glouc'ster's
Birth,
The
                           Glory,
                        
Triumph, Joy and
Mirth,
which
was on
that
great Day:
I see
his Royal Mother's Tears,
When in the
B[l]ossom
of his Years[,]
Death snatch'd him
hence
away.
I saw
King William
when he
dy'd,
Who was the Land
                           and Nation's Guide,
                        
a Scourge to France and Spain,
I s[a]w
Queen
Anne
come to the throne
Whose roya[l]
Favours
she made known;
during
her Glorious Reign.
I saw her
Commons,
Lords
and
Peers,
Who paid
a Tribute
                           of sad Tears,
                        
before her Royal
                           Tomb.
                        
I saw
King George
pass thro'
the
                           Town,
                        
For to possess the Royal
                           Crown,
                        
and Govern in
hrr
Room.
I saw
the
Prince when first he came;
I saw
likewise his Royal Dame,
whose charming Beauty
                           shine
                        
Like
Bright Aurora
sweet and
gay,
That Chases all dim Clouds
                           away,
                        
the Joy of
                           Women-kind.
                        
I saw two Royal Infants
                           dear,
                        
And did their pretty Prattle
                           hear,
                        
the like scarce e'er was
                           known.
                        
I saw
King
George
when
he was crown'd,
With
                           Men
                        
and Angels compass'd round;
long may he Grace the
                           Throne.
                        
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The
Wandring Jew
Chronicle,
OR, torian His
bried Declaration Maid
in
a
mad fashion
of
each Coronation
That pass'd in this Nation
Since
William's
Invasion For no great Occasion But [me]er Recreation
To
put
off
Vexation. To the Tune of, Our Prince's welcome out [?of?]
                           Spain.
                        
of Normandy
[?m?]ans
gallantly
subdue;
as,
o
pass,
t,
d,
im,
m
d.
w,
[e]w
,
[?w?],
view,
[a]d;
o[?w?],
Bower,
flower,
i[n],
[?s?]lain,
ite.
I saw King Richard in his shirt
Pull
out a furious
Lyons
heart,
whereby his strength
                           was
                        
try'd;
I saw King John, when as the
Munk,
Gave him the
poyson which
he
drunk,
and
then forsooth
he
dy'd.
I
mark'd the Barrons
when they sent,
For the
French Dalphin,
with intent
to put third
                           Henry
                        
down:
I saw the Earl of
Leicester stout,
(Call'd
Simon
Munford)
with his Tent
besiege
fair
London Town.
And
I have the first
                           Edward seen,
                        
Whose
legs
I
still thought
to have
had
been
a yard
and
more in length:
With him
I
into Scotland went
And back
again
incontinent
which
he subdu'd
by
strength.
I knew
Carnarven's Minion dear,
And
saw the fall of
Mortimeer,
with all the
Barons
wars.
And likely
was
to have been
sent,
At
Burton
Battel
upon Trent,
where I
receiv'd
these
scars.
Third
Edward
and his
valiant
Son,
By whom
great
feats
of
arms
were done
I
saw on
Cressy Plain
Which
day,
                           when
                        
bows
and
arrows keen
Grew
scant,
with
mighty
stones I
ween,
were
many
French-men
slain.
I knew Wat
Tyler, an[d]
Jack Straw,
And I the
Mayor of
London saw,
in Smithfield
which [h]im
slew:
I was at
Pomfret
                           Castle,
                        
when
The second
Richard there
was slain,
whose death
e're
since I rue.
I
saw
when
Henry Bullingbrook
The Crown and
the
Scepter
on him [?took?
- OBSCURED BY REPAIR]
which
he became
full
well:
I
saw
when Henry
Hotspur
he,
And many
Lords
at
Shrewsbury,
were
slain in
Battel
fell.
I
saw the brave
victorious Prince,
Whose death I
                           have
                        
bewail'd e're
si[?nce?]
Henry the fifth I mean:
And I can give you
just
report,
How many French at
Agencourt
where
in one
Battel
slain
I saw the White,
and Red-Rose
fi[ght]
And
Warick
great in Armour brigh[t]
in the
fifth Henrys Reign:
And
present was that [v]ery hour,
When Henry was in
London Tower
by
crook'd-b[a]ck
Ric[h]ard slain.
I in a Gold-smith's
sh[o]p
have
seen,
Fourth Edward's famous Concubine
whose name
was
fair
Jane Shore:
I
saw
when
Richard's c[r]uelty
Did
put
her to
great misery,
And I was
griev'd therefore.
Also
I
was at
Bosworth field.
Well armed
there with spear
and
shield
meaning to try my
                           force:
                        
Where Richard
losing
Life
                           and Crown,
                        
Was naked
born to Leicester
Town,
upon a
Colliars
Horse.
To
the
seventh Henry then I was,
A
servant,
as it came to pass
to serve him at his need:
And while I did in Court remain,
I saw in the
eighth Henrys Reign,
full many
great men
                           bleed.
                        
I
as
a
Souldier
bold
with him
O're
Neptunes curled
brest
did swim
unto the
Reolm
of France:
I
helpt
to ransack
Bul'oin Town,
And many places of Renown,
yet home I
come by chance,
I
knew
first
Edward
of
a
Child,
Whose countenance was
very
mild,
a
hopeful Prince he
was:
I
knew
Queen Mary in her
Reign,
Put Protestants to
mickle
pain,
and re-set up the Mass.
And (to
my comfort)
I
have
seen;
Elizabeth
that Maiden-Queen,
Queen
Maries only
Sister:
Though
she
raign'd four and
forty
years
Her
                           subjects
                        
shew'd well
by
their
tears,
that they
too
soon
had
                           mist
                        
her.
I saw King
James come
from the North
Like to a Star that
shineth
forth,
to glad the Peoples sight:
He brought a
Salve
to
cure
our
wounds,
And made
great Brittain
safe
and
sound.
through equity
and right.
He
was
in troth
a Prince of peace,
And made
all
former jars to
                           cease,
                        
twixt
English-men
and Scots,
The
English men
sung
merry Sonnets,
The Scots
threw
up their
Bonnets,
for
joy
of their
                           good lots.
                        
In Scotland born in England nurst,
Was Pious
                           Princely
                        
Charls the first,
who had
to
wife Queen Mary:
But by the rage of
Rebels hate,
Murthred
and
Marty'd at
his Gate,
this good King did
miscarry.
King Charls
the second,
that
had
spent,
Many long years in banishment,
and scap'd with life so nearly:
By Miracle
and means
unknown,
Sits in
the
brightness of his
Throne,
where he
doth shine most
clearly.
Queen
Katherine
his
betrothed
wife,
The Lady
of his Love and Life,
is likewise
now come hither:
And may their bodies both encrease
In Love and Children, Joy, and Peace,
long
as they live together.
FINIS
London, Printed for
F.
Coles, T. Vere,
and J. Wright.